Abdal-Karim Khan
| Abdal-Karim Khan Astrakhani | |
|---|---|
| Khan of the Tatar Astrakhan Khanate | |
| Reign | 1490–1504 |
| Predecessor | Qasim I of Astrakhan |
| Successor | Qasim II of Astrakhan |
| Born | unknown |
| Died | c. 1520 |
Abdal-Karim Khan (Persian: عبد الکریم; Tatar: Габделкәри́м хан) was Khan of Astrakhan from 1490[1] through 1504[2]. Another possibility is that he ruled from 1502-1514 while being probably important beginning in the 1490s.[3]
Abdal-Karim was the son or brother of Mahmud.[4]
The Russian historian Ilya Zaitsev proposes that Abdal-Karim was the first ruler of the "independent" Khanate of Astrakhan because he was the first ruler of Astrakhan after the collapse of the Great Horde in 1502.[5] Historians Marjani and Safargaliev had previously argued that the Astrakhan khanate came into existence in the 1460s. Zaitsev thinks the khan was a puppet ruler of Yamghurchi Biy, ruler of the Noghai Horde.[6] Astrakhan received Noghai military assistance in withstanding attacks from Crimean Tatars in 1509.[3]
Stéphane Dudoignon, an editor of the Central Eurasian Reader, sees Abdal-Karim as one of the Khanate of Astrakhan most prominent rulers.[6]
For uncertainties and additional information see the second part of List of Astrakhan khans.
References
- ^ Kessler, P. L. "Kingdoms of Central Asia - Khans of Astrakhan (Tartars)". The History Files. Retrieved 2025-10-11.
- ^ Patrice, Gilles (2023-12-08). La Vierge de la Cheksna (in French). Editions Vérone. ISBN 979-10-284-3417-5.
- ^ a b Baumer, Christoph (2018-04-18). "4.2 The Great Horde, the Astrakhan Khanate, the Nogai Horde and the Khanate of Sibir". History of Central Asia, The: 4-volume set. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 978-1-83860-867-5.
- ^ Bryer, Anthony; Ursinus, Michael (1966). Byzantinische Forschungen. A.M. Hakkert. p. 395. ISBN 978-90-256-1005-0.
- ^ Ostrowski, Donald (2022-01-25). Russia in the Early Modern World: The Continuity of Change. Bloomsbury Publishing PLC. p. 55. ISBN 978-1-7936-3421-4.
- ^ a b Dudoignon, Stéphane A. (2021-10-11). Central Eurasian Reader. Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. p. 174. ISBN 978-3-11-240038-8.