Back أبو الغازي بهادر Arabic ابو الجازى بهادر ARZ Əbülqazi Bahadır xan Azerbaijani ابوالغازی بهادورخان AZB Әбү әл-Ғази Bashkir Абульгазі Бахадур-хан Byelorussian Abu l-Ghazi Bahadur Khan Catalan Abu’l Ghazi Bahadur German Αμπού αλ-Γκαζί Μπαχαντούρ Greek Abulghazi Bahadur Spanish
| Abu al-Ghazi Bahadur | |
|---|---|
 Abu al-Ghazi's portrait in the museum of Khiva | |
| Khan of Khiva | |
| Reign | 1643–1663 |
| Predecessor | Isfandiyar Khan |
| Successor | Anusha Khan |
| Born | August 24, 1603 Old Urgench, Khanate of Khiva |
| Died | 1664 (aged 60–61) Khiva |
| Issue | Anusha Khan |
| Father | 'Arab Muhammad Khan |
| Religion | Sunni Islam |
Abu al-Ghazi Bahadur (Chagatay: ابوالغازی بهادرخان; Uzbek: Abulgʻozi Bahodirxon, Abulgazi, Ebulgazi, Abu-l-Ghazi, August 24, 1603 – 1664) was Khan of Khiva from 1643 to 1663. He spent ten years in Persia before becoming khan, and was very well educated, writing two historical works in the Khiva dialect of the Chagatai language.[1] He was a descendant of Genghis Khan via Arab Shah.[2]
- ^ Bartold, Vasily V, Four Studies on the History of Central Asia, 1 (Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1956) p.65.
- ^ Sela, Ron (2013). Rashid Al-Din: Agent and Mediator of Cultural Exchanges in Ilkhanid Iran. Warburg Institute Colloquia (University of London Press). p. 213.