Battle of Bulanty
The Battle of Bulanty is a military battle between the Kazakh Khanate, led by Abul [Khair Khan|Abulkhair Khan] against the Dzungar Khanate in 1727. In 1723, the Dzungar forces led by Tsewang Rabtan and his commanders invaded the Middle and Senior Jüz, waging a new war against the Kazakhs. During the invasion, the Dzungars had captured regions on Jetisu, Southern Kazakhstan, Syr Darya, Fergana Valley, Irtysh, Shu River, Talas River, Arys and Boroldai rivers as well as causing a mass migration from indiscriminate attacks on civilians and with forced displacement, known as the Years of the Great Disasters. Later by 1726 after a peace with the Kalmyks, the Khans of all three jüzes united and organized a meeting on Ordabasy, creating a force led by Abulkhair khan with Abilmambet, Samake, Jolbars, Barak and more Kazakh batyrs joining his forces. In 1727, in the foothills of Ulytau, the Kazakhs had attacked the Dzungar army, against the commander — Shono-Dov, as both sides took heavy casualties and with the Kazakhs defeating the Dzungars and calling it the "Kalmak kirilgan" or "Where Kalmaks perished". After the battle, the Kazakhs still hadn't liberated regions like Jetisu, they soon later made another peace agreement with the Kalmyks. Another meeting took place as they chose Abulkhair again to command the new united Militia against the Dzungars, for a final showdown against the Dzungar army.