In 1605, by the decree of Abbas the Great, Shamsaddin sultan of Kazakh was given the rank of Khan.

3 clans held the power in the Kazakh sultanate in different period of time.

The first rulers were from "Kazakhli" (or "Gazakhli") or "Algazakhli", later known as Shikhlinsky clan.

Later the Sultanate's territories became part of the administrative unit in the Russian Empire labeled as Kazakh Uyezd.

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