Battle of Chu and Talas (1658)

Not to be confused with Battle of Talas.

Battle of Chu and Talas
Part of First Kazakh–Dzungar War of the Kazakh–Dzungar Wars
Date 1658 Location Chu river, Talas river, Kazakhstan Result Dzungar victory Territorial changes Border of Kazakh Khanate and Dzungar Khanate set from Ayagoz river to the Talas river [1]
Belligerents
Khanate of Bukhara	Dzungar Khanate Khoshut Khanate
Commanders and leaders
Abushuker noyan  † [2]	Galdamba Batur
Strength
38,000 [2] [3]	3,000 [3]

The Battle of Chu and Talas was a military battle between the Khanate of Bukhara, seeking to relieve the Kazakh Khanate, from the invading Dzungar Khanate in 1658.

Background

During the First Kazakh–Dzungar War, Galdamba Batur — who had joined against the Kazakhs after Erdeni Batur requested for assistance from the Khoshut Khanate. ^[3] In 1652, he fought Salqam Jangir Khan at Turkistan, in which Jangir was killed in battle, ^[3] and the Kazakh army possibly faced a huge casualty. ^[4] After that, Galdamba had campaigned on the Kazakh Khanate — until a relief force arrived from Khanate of Bukhara. ^[5]

Battle

In 1658, Abushukher — the commaner of the Uzbek relief force attacked on the Dzungar camp on the Talas river with a 38,000-strong army. ^[4] Galdama attacked the Bukharan army and pursued the Bukharans to the mouth of the Chu river, where he killed Khan Abushukher himself. ^[5]

Aftermath

After the battle, the border of Kazakh Khanate and Dzungar Khanate was set in the Ayagoz river to the Talas River, in which after the war – succesor of Jangir, Tauke Khan had made peaceful relations with the Dzungar ruler, Sengge, until the succession of Galdan Boshughtu Khan. ^[6]

References

1. Atygaev, Nurlan (2023). КАЗАХСКОЕ ХАНСТВО: ОЧЕРКИ ВНЕШНЕПОЛИТИЧЕСКОЙ ИСТОРИИ XV-XVII BEKOВ[Essays on the Foreign Policy History of the 15th-17th Centuries.] (in Russian). Almaty: Eurasian Research Institute, Nurlan Atygaev. p. 138. ISBN   978-601-7805-24-1.
2. Pozdneev, A. M. (1880). Позднеев А. М. Образцы народной литературы монгольских племён. Вып. I, СПб., 1880, с. 148[Examples of Folk Literature of the Mongolian Tribes. Issue 1, St. Petersburg, 1880] (in Russian) (1st ed.). Pozdneev A. M. p. 148.
3. Altangerel, Chulunbatyn. Дэлхийн талыг эзгэн үе эрхшээсэн түүхт Монголын зэвсэг, дайн, хил хамгаалалтын толь[A look at the weapons, warfare, and border defenses of the historical Mongols, who conquered half the world] (in Mongolian). Chulunbatyn Altangerel. p. 107.
4. Позднеев, А. М. (1880). Образцы народной литературы монгольских племён. Выпуск I[Samples of Folk Literature of Mongolian Tribes. Issue I] (in Russian). Санкт-Петербург: Типография Императорской Академии Наук.
5. Atygaev, Nurlan (2023). КАЗАХСКОЕ ХАНСТВО: ОЧЕРКИ ВНЕШНЕПОЛИТИЧЕСКОЙ ИСТОРИИ XV-XVII BEKOВ[Essays on the Foreign Policy History of the 15th-17th Centuries.] (in Russian). Almaty: Eurasian Research Institute, Nurlan Atygaev. p. 137. ISBN   978-601-7805-24-1.
6. Atygaev, Nurlan (2023). КАЗАХСКОЕ ХАНСТВО: ОЧЕРКИ ВНЕШНЕПОЛИТИЧЕСКОЙ ИСТОРИИ XV-XVII BEKOВ[Essays on the Foreign Policy History of the 15th-17th Centuries.] (in Russian). Almaty: Eurasian Research Institute, Nurlan Atygaev. pp. 138–139. ISBN   978-601-7805-24-1.