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Abil Oghlu
Abil Oghlu was the Taranchi leader who became sultan of Ili in 1866, after the Taranchis turned on their Dungan allies in the revolt against Qing rule. Ruling a farming population in the Ili valley from Ghulja, he fought the Dungans and the rival state of Kashgaria. In 1871 Russia occupied the Ili region and ended the sultanate, and he went into exile in Russian territory.
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