Kuchum Khan

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Kuchum Khan کوچم خان‎
Khan
Kuchum Khan in Qashliq
Khan of the Sibir Khanate
Reign	1569-1574, 1578-1598
Coronation	1569
Predecessor	Yadigar bin Qasim
Successor	Khanate abolished
Born	16th century Nogai Horde or Khanate of Sibir
Died	Early 17th century Bukhara?
Spouse	Suzge Khanum Saltanym Jandawlat Syudejan Aktulum Ak-Syuiryun Shevlel Qubul Chepshan
Issue	Ali Qanai Azim Ishim Abdul-Khair Asmanaq Others
Father	Murtaza ibn Ibak Khan
Religion	Islam

Kuchum Khan (Bashkir: Kösim xan, Siberian Tatar: Köçöm; Көцөм, Russian: Кучум;^{[citation needed]} died c. 1601) was the last Khan of Siberia who ruled from 1563 to 1598.

Kuchum Khan's attempt to spread Islam and his cross-border raids met with vigorous opposition from the Russian Tsar Ivan the Terrible (reigned 1547–1584), who sent^{[citation needed]} a force of Cossacks to confront him head-on (c. 1580). Kuchum is particularly noted^{[by whom?]} for the vigorous resistance he offered to the Russian invaders.