Kuchum Khan

Kuchum Khan
Khan
Kuchum Khan in Qashliq
Khan of the Sibir Khanate
Reign1563–1598
PredecessorYadigar bin Qasim
SuccessorMonarchy abolished
Born1527
Nogai Horde or Khanate of Sibir
Diedc. 1605 (aged 78)
Bukhara?
SpouseSuzge Khanum
Saltanym
Jandawlat
Syudejan
Aktulum
Ak-Syuiryun
Shevlel
Qubul
Chepshan
IssueAli
Qanai
Azim
Ishim
Abdul-Khair
Asmanaq
Others
FatherMurtaza ibn Ibak Khan
ReligionIslam

Kuchum Khan (Turki and Persian: کوچم خان, Siberian Tatar: Kütsem; Күцем, Russian: Кучум; 1527-c. 1605) was the last khan of Siberia, reigning from 1563 to 1598.

Kuchum Khan's attempt to spread Islam and his cross-border raids met with vigorous opposition from Russian tsar Ivan the Terrible (r. 1547–1584).