Maxmud Kazan

1445 (age 20)

He is reputed to be one of the khanate"s founders. After the death of Oluğ Möxämmäd, he occupied Kazan"s throne. In December of 1446 he supported Vassily II to dethrone Dmitry Shemyaka. In 1448 he attacked Moscow to preserve advantageous treaty conditions that were concluded after the battle of Suzdal. In that period, the Qasim Khanate was created as a buffer-state between Muscovy and the Khanate of Kazan, governed by Mäxmüd"s relatives. (Tatar) "Мәхмүд хан". Tatar Encyclopaedia. Kazan: The Republic of Tatarstan Academy of Sciences. Institution of the Tatar Encyclopaedia.

Maxmud Kazan

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He participated in his father"s campaigns against Muscovy.

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He is reputed to be one of the khanate"s founders. After the death of Oluğ Möxämmäd, he occupied Kazan"s throne. In December of 1446 he supported Vassily II to dethrone Dmitry Shemyaka.

In 1448 he attacked Moscow to preserve advantageous treaty conditions that were concluded after the battle of Suzdal.

In that period, the Qasim Khanate was created as a buffer-state between Muscovy and the Khanate of Kazan, governed by Mäxmüd"s relatives. (Tatar) "Мәхмүд хан".

Tatar Encyclopaedia. Kazan: The Republic of Tatarstan Academy of Sciences.

Institution of the Tatar Encyclopaedia.

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In 1445, he won the battle of Suzdal and took captive the Grand Duke of Moscow Vasily II, forcing Russia to pay yasak.

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