Qasim II Khan (

Turki Chagatai (, ), also known as Turki, Eastern Turkic, or Chagatai Turkic (), is an extinct Turkic language that was once widely spoken across Central Asia. It remained the shared literary language in the region until the early 20th century. It was ...

/ Kypchak and

Persian Persian may refer to: * People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language ** Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples ** Persian language, an Iranian language of the ...

: قاسم خان ثانی; died 1532) was the ruler of the

Astrakhan Khanate The Khanate of Astrakhan was a Tatar rump state of the Golden Horde. The khanate existed in the 15th and 16th centuries in the area adjacent to the mouth of the Volga river, around the modern city of Astrakhan. Its khans claimed patrilineal de ...

until 1532. He was a son of Big Horde's khan Sayed Akhmad, and a grandson of Akhmat. He occupied

Xacitarxan Hajji Tarkhan or Hajji Tarkhan al Jedid (Turki/Cuman language, Kypchak and , ), also known as Hashtar Khan / Astarxan () or Astrakhan, was a medieval city at the right bank of Volga, situated approximately 12 km north of the modern city of A ...

throne with the help of

Nogays The Nogais ( ) are a Kipchak people who speak a Turkic language and live in Southeastern Europe, North Caucasus, Volga region, Central Asia and Turkey. Most are found in Northern Dagestan and Stavropol Krai, as well as in Karachay-Cherkessi ...

. He was a supporter of centralization policy. He is known to send a letter to Ottoman sultan

Süleyman Suleyman or Süleyman is a variant of Suleiman (the Arabic name ). It means 'man of peace'. Notable people with the name include: Suleyman * Suleyman I of Rûm or Suleiman ibn Qutulmish (d. 1086), founder of an independent Seljuq Turkish state in ...

in 1531/1532. He was deposed and killed by

Aq Kübek Aq Kübek Khan (?–~1550; also ''Aq Köbek''), was a ruler of Astrakhan Khanate in 1532–1534 and 1541–1544. He was the son of Mortaza Beg. He pursued politics against Crimean Khanate and Nogay Horde for the Astrakhan Khanate's independence ...

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