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Why Power Among Kazakh Khans Didn’t Always Pass From Father to Son

By Staff Report on 1 March 2026

ASTANA — In the Kazakh Khanate, power rarely moved in a straight line from father to son. Succession more often followed seniority within the ruling dynasty, a system shaped by the political traditions of the nomadic steppe. Edil Noyanov, a candidate of historical sciences and assistant professor at Al-Farabi...