Kalmyks campaign against Kazakhs (1609)

Kalmyks campaign against Kazakhs (1609)
Date Autumn 1609 Location Kazakh Khanate Result Kalmyks victories
Belligerents
Kazakh Khanate	Kalmyks

Kalmyks campaign against Kazakhs (1609) — (campaign of Oirats against Kazakhs) According to archival documents, in the summer of 1609, a civil conflict took place in the Kazakh Khanate, which the Kalmyk taishas successfully exploited. In July of that year, the Kalmyks informed the Russian authorities that "currently, the people of the Kazakh Horde are fighting among themselves, and they [the Kalmyks] are going to war against them." This major Kalmyk campaign against the Kazakh Khanate occurred in late summer to early autumn. V. A. Moiseyev believes that the Kalmyks struck the Kazakhs while advancing along the northern borders of the Kazakh nomadic territories toward the Zhaiyk River. These were the Derbets led by Dalai-Batyr (Dalai-Baatar) and some of the Torguts, although the senior taisha of the Torguts, Kho-Urluk (Kho-Orleg), did not participate in the campaign.

The 1609 Kalmyk campaign ended successfully for them. However, the victory did not yield significant results, primarily due to their internal disagreements. In the autumn of the same year, Russian Cossacks reported that the Kalmyks "are at war not only with the Mongol Altan Khan and the Kazakh Horde... but also live in discord among themselves."