Mäxmüd of Kazan

Mäxmüd Khan (Volga Türki and Persian: محمود خان; pronounced [mæxˈmyt]); in Russian chronicles Махмутек (Makhmutek); died 1466) was Khan of the Khanate of Kazan from 1445 to 1466.

Mäxmüd
Mäxmüd sends an army to Moscow, miniature from the Illustrated Chronicle of Ivan the Terrible
Khan of the Tatar Kazan Khanate
Reign	1445 – 1466
Predecessor	Ulugh Muhammad
Successor	Xälil
Died	1466

Life

He was the eldest son of Oluğ Möxämmäd, and is reputed to be one of the Khanate's founders. Mäxmüd participated in his father's military campaigns against Muscovy, and in 1445, was victorious at the Battle of Suzdal, taking the Grand Duke of Moscow Vasily II captive and forcing Muscovy to pay tribute (yasak). After the death of Oluğ Möxämmäd, Mäxmüd succeeded to the throne of Kazan. In December 1446, he supported Vasily II in dethroning Dmitry Shemyaka. In 1448, Mäxmüd attacked Moscow to preserve advantageous treaty conditions that were concluded after the battle of Suzdal. In that period, the Qasim Khanate, governed by Mäxmüd's relatives, was created as a buffer state between Muscovy and the Khanate of Kazan.

See also

• List of Kazan khans

References

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

Preceded by Oluğ Möxämmäd

Khan of Kazan Khanate 1445–1466

Succeeded by Xälil