Kho Orluk Explained

Kho Orluk
Taish
Full Name:Kho Orluk
Successor:Shukhur Daichin
House:Kalmyk Khanate
House-Type:Khanate
Birth Date:1580
Birth Place:Western Mongolia
Death Date:1644
Death Place:Kalmyk Khanate

Kho Orluk (mn|Хо өрлөг|Kho örlög; 1580-1644) was an Oirat prince and Taish of the Torghut-Oirat tribe. Around 1616, Kho Orluk persuaded the other Torghut princes and lesser nobility to move their tribe en masse westward through southern Siberia and southward along the Emba River to the grass steppes north of the Russian garrison at Astrakhan.[1] During the process of securing the steppes for his people, Kho Orluk met limited resistance from the local Muslim tribesman, therefore setting the foundation of what later became known as the Kalmyk Khanate.

In 1620 his daughter married Ishim Khan (son of Kuchum, Khan of Sibir).[2] [3]

Notes and References

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  2. Book: Grousset, René. The Empire of the Steppes: A History of Central Asia. registration. 521. ishim-khan married.. 1970. Rutgers University Press. 9780813513041. en.
  3. Book: Maksimov, Konstantin Nikolaevich. Kalmykia in Russia's Past and Present National Policies and Administrative System. 2008. Central European University Press. 9789639776173. 2. en.