List of Kazan khans

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List of Kazan khans who ruled the Khanate of Kazan before it was conquered by Russia. The First List has local spelling and dynasty. The Second List has very short biographies.

Contents

First list

Titular NamePersonal NameReign
Khan
خان
Ulugh Muhammad
الغ محمد
1438 - 1446 C.E.
Khan
خان
Mäxmüd of Kazan
محمود ابن الغ محمد
1445 – 1466 C.E.
Khan
خان
Xälil of Kazan
خلیل ابن محمود
1466 – 1467 C.E.
Khan
خان
Ibrahim of Kazan
ابراہیم ابن محمود
1467 – 1479 C.E.
Khan
خان
Ilham Ghali of Kazan
علی ابن ابراہیم
1479 – 1484 C.E. (1st reign)
Khan
خان
Möxämmädämin of Kazan
محمد امین ابن ابراہیم
1484 – 1485 C.E. (1st reign)
Khan
خان
Ilham Ghali of Kazan
علی ابن ابراہیم
1485 – 1487 C.E. (2nd reign)
Khan
خان
Möxämmädämin of Kazan
محمد امین ابن ابراہیم
1487 – 1495 C.E. (2nd reign)
Khan
خان
Mamuq of Kazan
 ?
1495 – 1496 C.E.
Khan
خان
Ghabdellatif of Kazan
عبد اللطیف ابن ابراہیم
1496 – 1502 C.E.
Khan
خان
Möxämmädämin of Kazan
محمد امین ابن ابراہیم
1502 - 1518 C.E. (3rd reign)
Khan
خان
Shahghali
شاہ علی ابن شیخ اللہ یار
1518 - 1521 C.E. (1st reign)
Khan
خان
Sahib I Giray
صاحب غرائی
1521 - 1525 C.E.
Khan
خان
Safa Giray of Kazan
صفا غرائی
1525 - 1532 C.E. (1st reign)
Khan
خان
Canghali of Kazan
جان علی ابن شیخ اللہ یار
1532 – 1535 C.E.
Khan
خان
Safa Giray of Kazan
صفا غرائی
1535 – 1546 C.E. (2nd reign)
Khan
خان
Shahghali
شاہ علی ابن شیخ اللہ یار
1546 C.E. (2nd reign)
Khan
خان
Safa Giray of Kazan
صفا غرائی
1546 - 1549 C.E. (3rd reign)
Khan
خان
Devlet I Giray
دولت كراى
Pretender, appointed by the Ottoman Empire
1549 – 1551 C.E.
Khan
خان
Utameshgaray of Kazan
عتمش غرائی
Utemish being a minor the actual ruler was his mother Söyembikä who acted as regent
1549 – 1551 C.E.
Khan
خان
Shahghali
شاہ علی ابن شیخ اللہ یار
1551 – 1552 C.E. (3rd reign)
Khan
خان
Yadegar Mokhammad of Kazan
یاد گار محمد
1552 C.E.
Ivan the Terrible, the Tsar of Russia conquers Khanate of Kazan in 1552 C.E.

Second list with short biographies

This information comes from Howorth's 1880 book [1] and is checked against the Russian Wikipedia. There appears to be no modern book in English on the history of the khanate. Abbreviations on khan-numbers: R=pro-Russian, A=anti-Russian.

Genealogy

Notes

  1. Henry Howorth, History of the Mongols,1880, part 2, pp 363-429