Khanate of Kazan
Khanate of Kazan قزان خانلغی (Old Tatar) | |||||||||
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| 1438–1552 | |||||||||
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The Khanate of Kazan, c. 1500–1550. | |||||||||
| Status | Khanate | ||||||||
| Capital | Kazan | ||||||||
| Official languages | Chagatai language (literature, lingua franca, court) Old Tatar language (dynastic, literature) | ||||||||
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| Religion | Islam, Shamanism | ||||||||
| Kazan Khan | |||||||||
• 1438–1445 | Ulugh Muhammad (first) | ||||||||
• March-October 1552 | Yadegar Moxammat (last) | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Elevation of Ulugh Muhammad | 1438 | ||||||||
• Conquest of Kazan by Ivan IV | 1552 | ||||||||
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The Khanate of Kazan was a Tatar state that encompassed the territory of the former Volga Bulgaria from 1438 until 1552. The khanate covered contemporary Tatarstan, Mari El, Chuvashia, Mordovia, and parts of Udmurtia and Bashkortostan; its capital was the city of Kazan.
It was one of the successor states of the Golden Horde
(Mongol state), and it came to an end when it was conquered by the Tsardom of Russia.