Mameshbirde (, , , ) (died 1556) was a rebel commander during
Kazan War for the independence of
Kazan Khanate
The Khanate of Kazan was a Tatars, Tatar state that occupied the territory of the former Volga Bulgaria between 1438 and 1552. The khanate covered contemporary Tatarstan, Mari El, Chuvashia Republic, Chuvashia, Mordovia, and parts of Udmurti ...
in 1552–1556. According to legend, he was a son of
Mari noble and
Chuvash noble woman.
In 1555, some years after
the fall of Kazan, Mameshbirde gathered an army and started to struggle against Russian invaders on both banks of the Volga. At the
Hill Bank Land of the Volga, his army reconstructed
Çalım Çalım was a citadel and a staff of Tatar troops, which was constructed during the Kazan War for the restoration of the Khanate of Kazan in 1552-1556. The citadel was constructed by the people under Mameshbirde at the right bank of Volga at the ...
, the old stronghold at the Sender (Sundyr) Hill and based there. Mameshbirde tried to restore the khanate, but as he wasn't one of the
Chinggisids
The Chinggisids were the descendants of Genghis Khan, also known as Chinggis Khan, and his first wife Börte. The dynasty, which evolved from Genghis Khan's own Borjigin tribe, ruled the Mongol Empire and its successor states. The "Chinggisid p ...
, he needed someone to head the khanate. He invited the
Nogay noble
Ğäli Äkräm. After their joint armies were defeated by the Russian
punitive expedition
A punitive expedition is a military journey undertaken to punish a political entity or any group of people outside the borders of the punishing state or union. It is usually undertaken in response to perceived disobedient or morally wrong beha ...
in 1556, he was captured. He was later executed in
Moscow
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.
References
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1556 deaths
16th-century executions by Russia
Chuvash people
Mari people
Russo-Kazan Wars
Year of birth unknown
People from the Khanate of Kazan
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