Qasim Khanate

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Qasim Khanate
1452–1681
Qasim scheme.svg
Map of the Qasim Khanate
StatusVassal state of Muscovy/Russia
Capital Kasimov
Official languages
Other common languages Kipchak languages
Khan  
 1452–1469
Qasim Khan
Historical era Early modern period
 Established
1452
 Disestablished
1681
Succeeded by
Tsardom of Russia Blank.png

The Qasim Khanate (also known as Qasimov, Kasimov [1] [2] or Kasim) was a Tatar-ruled khanate, a vassal of the Principality of Moscow (later Tsardom of Russia), which existed from 1452 until 1681 in the territory of modern Ryazan Oblast in Russia with its capital at Kasimov, in the middle course of the Oka River. It was established in the lands which Grand Prince Vasily II of Moscow (reigned 1425–1462) presented in 1452 to the Kazan prince Qasim Khan (d. 1469), son of the first Kazan khan Olug Moxammat.

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Origins

The original populations were the Volga Finnic tribes Meshchyora and Muroma, Mordvins. The land was under Kievan Rus' and Volga Bulgaria's influence. Local tribes were tributaries of Ruthenian dukes.[ citation needed ] Later, the area was incorporated into Vladimir-Suzdal. In 1152, Duke of Vladimir Yuri Dolgoruky founded Gorodets-Meshchyorskiy. After the Mongol invasion of Kievan Rus', the territory was incorporated into the territory of the Golden Horde.[ citation needed ] Turkic settlers appeared in those areas, and most of them accepted Islam under the influence from the Volga Bulgars.[ citation needed ] The semi-independent principality Mishar Yurt was founded by Hordian Mohammad Shirin beg. From 1393, the area became part of Muscovy.[ citation needed ] After the battle of Suzdal in 1445, Olug Moxammad claimed to return those lands to the Tatars.[ citation needed ]

According to some historians, such as Khudyakov,[ citation needed ] Vassily executed the claim and Moxammat's son Qasim was crowned as a ruler of Meshchyora lands. The area and capital were renamed after him. Another version is that Qasim came into Muscovite service and was granted those lands to create a buffer state between the Principaltity of Moscow and the Khanate of Kazan.[ citation needed ] However, the Khanate was a vassal of Muscovy. From the beginning, Khans governed the Khanate's territory, but the outer politics were controlled by Muscovy (later Russia).[ citation needed ]

Population

The land was inhabited mainly by Mordvins, some of them as well as other Volga Finnic peoples like the Meshchyora and Muroma have been assimilated by Tatars and became Mishar Tatars.[ citation needed ] Later, the land was settled by the Russians. Some Kazan Tatars resettled to Qasim lands, and were called Qasim Tatars. Most of the Qasim Tatars served at the khan's palace or served in the khan's military. This group had been assimilated into the Mishar Tatars, but nearly 1,000 Qasim Tatars are still living in the city of Kasimov.[ citation needed ]

The noble families were the Manghyt (Manğıt), Arghyn (Arğın), Jalair (Cälair), Qipchaq (Qıpçaq). Moscow's administrators elected the khans from ruling families of the Tatar khanates: Khanate of Kazan, the Crimean Khanate, and the Siberia Khanate.[ citation needed ]

History

The minaret of the Khan's Mosque in Kasimov dates from the 15th century. Kasimov minaret.jpg
The minaret of the Khan's Mosque in Kasimov dates from the 15th century.

Qasim khans with their guard participated in all of Moscow's raids into Kazan (1467–1469, 1487, 1552). Qasim khan Şahğäli (1515–1567) was three times crowned as Kazan khan with the aid of Muscovy. After the conquest of Kazan, the self-government of the khans was abolished and the khanate came to be governed by Russian voyevodas. However, khans still reigned. One of the khans, Simeon Bekbulatovich, was baptised and proclaimed Grand Duke of Moscow in 1574. He never really reigned and was used for a short period by Russian Tsar Ivan the Terrible as a puppet head of state. At the reign of Sayed Borhan khan (1627–1679) Russia started a policy of Christianization. Begs, who had a status equal to Boyars, were switched to Serving Tatars, equal to Dvoryans. This policy provoked a Tatar revolt in 1656. After the death of khanbika (queen) Fatima Soltan in 1681, the Khanate was abolished.[ citation needed ]

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References

  1. Halperin 1987, pp. 77–78.
  2. Martin 2007, p. 332.

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