Ütämeşgäräy (pronounced , also spelled Utamish, Ütämeş, Ötemiş Giray, Utyamysh; frequently anglicized as Ötemish Giray via
Crimean Tatar) (1546–1566) was a
Khan
Khan may refer to:
*Khan (inn), from Persian, a caravanserai or resting-place for a travelling caravan
*Khan (surname), including a list of people with the name
*Khan (title), a royal title for a ruler in Mongol and Turkic languages and used by ...
of the
Kazan Khanate from 1549-1551. He was the son of
Safagäräy and
Söyembikä. Upon his father's death he was crowned Khan at the age of two with his mother serving as regent.
Ivan the Terrible
Ivan IV Vasilyevich (russian: Ива́н Васи́льевич; 25 August 1530 – ), commonly known in English as Ivan the Terrible, was the grand prince of Moscow from 1533 to 1547 and the first Tsar of all Russia from 1547 to 1584.
Ivan ...
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
Sviyazhsk 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
Yadegar Mokhammad of Kazan 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.
See also
*
List of Kazan khans
References
*Henry Hoyle Howorth, History of the Mongols, 1880, Part 2, pp 405-409
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1546 births
1566 deaths
Khanate of Kazan
Converts to Eastern Orthodoxy from Islam
16th-century monarchs in Europe
Russian former Muslims
Tatar Christians