How did HaydarDughlatand Amir Wali describe the Qazaqs differently, and why?The description of Qazaqs by Amir Wali is very different from Haydar Dughlat’s description. In the texts of the first one, Qazaqs are hypocritical relatives and oath-breaker, while Haydar describes them as people who sought freedom in the lands of Moghuls. According to him, Abuʾl-Khayr Khan harassed other Jochi princes, which led them to leave the Uzbek Ulus and ask for help from Esän-Buqa Khan. Since Amir Wali was under the rules of Shibanids, he tries to show Qazaqs as enemies. Haydar and Amir are representatives of the two belligerents; that is why descriptions differ from each other. If we look at the origins of Haydar, his ancestors are people who allied with the Qazaq people. In his text, Moghul Khans had utter regard towards Qazaqs and had the joint military campaign, for example, Qasim Khan and Sultan Saʿid.The goal of Amir is to disqualify other Jochi princes from the throne. "Abuʾl-Khayr Khan is the onlyone who had a right to rule. His actions were towards to destroy the evil." - that is the point of Amir.However, if we look at the texts of Haydar, he writes that Abuʾl-Khayr Khan dominated in the steppe, and if he suspects other princes of Jochi-blood in the thoughts about overthrowing him, he would try to get rid of that
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