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Siberia Khanate is an anachronistic rendering of its actual name Khanate of Sibir, a Tatar khanateKhanate

Khanate or Chanat is a Turkish origined word used to describe a political entity ruled by a Khan....
 in the later Russian Siberia. The Khanate had an ethnically diverse population of Siberian TatarsSiberian Tatars

The Native Western Siberian Tatars are an ethnic group or a sub-group of the Tatars....
, Khanty, MansiFacts About Mansi

Mansi are an endangered indigenous people living in Khantia-Mansia, an autonomous okrug within Tyumen Oblast in Russia....
, NenetsNenets people

The Nenets people are an indigenous people in Russia....
 and SelkupSelkup

The Selkup, until 1930s called ostyak-samoyeds are a people in Siberia, Russia....
 people.

History

The Khanate of Sibir was founded in the fifteenth century, at a time when the MongolsMongols Summary

Mongols are an ethnic group that originated in what is now Mongolia, Russia, and China or more specifically on the Central ...
 of the house of JochiJochi

Jochi, was the first son of Genghis Khan's wife Brte....
 were generally in a state of decline. The original capital of the khans was Chimgi-Tura. The first khan was TaibugaTaibuga

Taibuga was the first Khan of the Khanate of Siber....
, who was not a member of the BorjiginFacts About Borjigin

Borjigin was the family name of Genghis Khan and his family....
. He was succeeded by his son Khoja or Hoca, who was in turn succeeded by his son Mar.

The Taibugids' control of the region between the Tobol and middle IrtyshIrtysh

Irtysh a river in Central Asia, the chief tributary of the river Ob....
 was not uncontested. The Shaybanids, descendants of Jochi, frequently claimed the area as their own. Ibak, a member of a junior branch of the Shaybanid house, killed Mar and seized Chimgi-Tura. A Taibugid restoration occurred when Mar's grandson Muhammad fled to the eastern territories around the Irtysh and killed Ibak in battle in c. 1493. Muhammad decided not to remain at Chimgi-Tura, but chose a new capital named IskarQashliq

Qashliq was a medieval Siberian Tatar city near the right bank of the Irtysh river....
 (or Sibir) located on the Irtysh.

The Russian conquest of KazanSiege of Kazan (1552)

The siege of Kazan in 1552 was the final battle of Russo-Kazan Wars....
 in 1552 prompted the Taibugid khan of Sibir, Yadigar, to seek friendly relations with MoscowMoscow

Moscow is the capital of Russia and the country's principal political, economic, financial, educational, and transportation...
. Yadigar, however, was challenged by a Shaybanid, Ibak's grandson KuchumKuchum

Kuchum khan was the last khan of Siberian Khanate....
. Several years of fighting ended with Yadigar's death and Kuchum becoming khan.

Conquest of the Sibir


Kuchum attempted to convert the Siberian TatarsSiberian Tatars

The Native Western Siberian Tatars are an ethnic group or a sub-group of the Tatars....
, who were mostly ShamanistsShamanism Summary

Shamanism refers to a range of traditional beliefs and practices similar to Animism that claim the ability to diagnose and ...
, to IslamIslam

Islam is a monotheistic religion based upon the Qur'an, which adherents believe was sent by God through Muhammad....
. His decision to conduct a raid on the Stroganov trading posts resulted in an expedition led by the CossackCossack

Cossacks are a group of several peoples living in the southern steppe regions of Eastern Europe and Asiatic Russia, famous f...
 Yermak against the Khanate of Sibir. Kuchum's forces were defeated by Yermak at the Battle of Chuvash CapeBattle of Chuvash Cape Summary

The Battle of Chuvash Cape led to the victory of a Russian expedition under Yermak Timofeyevich and the fall of Siberia Kha...
 in 1582 and the Cossacks entered Iskar later that year. Kuchum reorganized his forces, killed Yermak in battle in 1584, and reasserted his authority over Sibir. Over the next fourteen years, however, the Russians slowly conquered the khanate. In 1598 Kuchum was defeated on the banks of the ObOb

Ob may refer to:*Ob River, a river in West Siberia, Russia...
 and was forced to flee to the territories of the NogaiNogai Horde

The Nogai Horde was the Tatar horde that controlled the Caucasus Mountain region after the Mongol invasion....
, bringing an end to his rule.

See also

  • Russian conquest of SiberiaRussian conquest of Siberia

    The Russian conquest of Siberia took place in the 16th century, when the Siberian Khanate had become a loose political struc...
  • List of Turkic states and empiresList of Turkic states and empires

    Modern Turkic Countries...
  • History of SiberiaHistory of Siberia

    The history of Siberia may be traced to the sophisticated nomadic civilizations of the Scythians and the Xiongnu, both flour...