Sayed Borhan Khan (
Volga Türki and
Persian
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: سید برهان خان; – ) was
Khan
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of the
Qasim Khanate
The Qasim Khanate (also called ''Qasimov'', ''Kasimov'', or ''Kasim''), also known as the Tsardom of Kasimov (), was a Tatar-ruled khanate which existed from 1452 until 1681 on the territory of the Russian state. It was located within modern-da ...
from 1627 to 1679.
Reign
He was a son of
Arslanghali and
Fatima Soltan. After the death of his father, he was crowned as the khan of Qasim. Sayed Borhan's regents were Fatima Soltan and her father
Agha Muhammad Shah Quli Sayyid. During his reign, the Khanate was totally placed under the control of Moscow and Russian authorities enforced
Christianization
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. In 1679, Sayed Borhan abdicated and was baptized as Vasili.
References
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People from the Qasim Khanate
Converts to Eastern Orthodoxy from Sunni Islam
1620s births
1680 deaths
17th-century monarchs in Europe
Russian former Sunni Muslims
Tatar Christians
Borjigin
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