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Ibrahim
Ruler of the Khanate of Kazan in the mid-15th century, reigning 1464–1467. Son of Hudayar, he tried to preserve the khanate's independence under pres…
Timeline
- 1464–1467Kazan · Volga regionIn 1464 he succeeded his father Hudayar as Khan of Kazan, ruling the Turkic–Tatar tribes of the middle Volga, and struggled to maintain the khanate's autonomy amid Ivan III's eastward expansion of the Grand Duchy of Moscow.
- 1465–1467Kazan · Volga regionIn his later reign he faced factional strife among internal nobles and external military pressure from Moscow; killed in a coup in 1467, the khanate passed to successors such as Qasim, and Kazan entered a new round of power turnover.
Sources
- Encyclopaedia Britannica: Kazan https://www.britannica.com/place/Kazan
- The Cambridge History of Russia, Volume 1 (2006)