Ütämeşgäräy (1546–1566) was

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of the

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from 1549 to 1551. He was the son of

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and Söyembikä. Upon his father's death he was crowned Khan at the age of two with his mother serving as regent.

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took advantage of this situation and sent an army which besieged Kazan in February 1550. An early thaw caused Ivan to pull back and build the fort of

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from which his army raided the surrounding country. The peace faction in Kazan came to power and accepted the Russian candidate Shah Ali as khan, turning over Utameshgaray and his mother to the Russians. Shortly after this, the patriotic faction regained power, expelled Shah Ali and brought in

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who was khan when the Russians conquered Kazan in 1552. In January 1553, Utameshgaray was baptized as a Christian, taking the name Alexander. He died at the age of 20 and is buried in Moscow. His mother was later married to Shah Ali.

References

*Henry Hoyle Howorth, History of the Mongols, 1880, Part 2, pp 405-409 *

Notes

{{DEFAULTSORT:Utamesgaray 1546 births 1566 deaths Khanate of Kazan Borjigin Converts to Eastern Orthodoxy from Sunni Islam 16th-century monarchs in Europe Russian former Sunni Muslims Tatar Christians