Kuchum Khan

Kuchum Khan
کوچم خان
Khan
Kuchum Khan in Qashliq
Khan of the Sibir Khanate
Reign1569-1574, 1578-1598
Coronation1569
PredecessorYadigar bin Qasim
SuccessorKhanate abolished
Born16th century
Nogai Horde or Khanate of Sibir
DiedEarly 17th century
Bukhara?
SpouseSuzge Khanum
Saltanym
Jandawlat
Syudejan
Aktulum
Ak-Syuiryun
Shevlel
Qubul
Chepshan
IssueAli
Qanai
Azim
Ishim
Abdul-Khair
Asmanaq
Others
FatherMurtaza ibn Ibak Khan
ReligionIslam

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.