Mäxmüd of Kazan

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Mäxmüd khan ([mæxˈmyt], also anglicized as Makhmud [mæhˈmjud]; in Russian chronicles Махмутек (Makhmutek)) (?-1467) was a ruler (khan) of the Kazan Khanate in (1445-1462 or 1467), an elder son of Oluğ Möxämmäd. He is reputed to be one of the khanate's founders. He participated in his father's campaigns against Muscovy. In 1445, he won the battle of Suzdal and took captive the Grand Duke of Moscow Vasily II, forcing Russia to pay yasaq. After the death of Olug Moxammat, 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 Moscovy and Khanate of Kazan, governed by Maxmud's relatives.

• (Tatar) "Мәхмүд хан". Tatar Encyclopedia. (2002). Kazan: Tatarstan Republic Academy of Sciences Institution of the Tatar Encyclopaedia. 

Preceded by Olug Moxammat

khan of Kazan Khanate 1445 – 1462 or 1466

Succeeded by Xalil