Yadegar Mokhammad of Kazan

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1522 – 1565

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Who was Yadegar Mokhammad of Kazan?

Yadegar Mokhammad was the last khan of Kazan Khanate. Yadegar Moxammad the son of Astrakhan khan Qasim. In 1542-50 he was in the service of Tsardom of Russia, participated in the attack on Kazan in 1550. In 1552 he was invited by Qol Sharif and Chapqin bek Otich uli to the throne of Kazan Khanate. Subsequently, he led the war against Russian invasion. He was captured in August 1552 when Russian troops took Kazan. In 1553 he converted to Christianity, assumed the name of Simeon Kasayevich and lived in Moscow as a Russian nobleman.

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Born
1522
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Religion
  • Christianity
  • Eastern Orthodox Church
  • Islam
Died
1565

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on July 23, 2013

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