Xalil (also ''Khalil, Halil, Chelealeck''; tt-Cyrl, Халил, pronounced ) (d. 1467) was the 3rd khan of the

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circa 1466–1467, but very little is known about him. He was the eldest son of khan Maxmud (Mahmudek, Mäxmüd) and grandson of the first Khan of Kazan,

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. He spent his life entirely in

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. He ascended to the throne after his father's death. He was succeeded by his brother Ibrahim.

Reign

Xälil continued his father's policy of construction of

cities. Xälil was considered as an explosive and aggressive ruler. He was known for breaking the treaty with Duke-Prince

Ivan III Ivan III Vasilyevich (russian: Иван III Васильевич; 22 January 1440 – 27 October 1505), also known as Ivan the Great, was a Grand Prince of Moscow and Grand Prince of all Rus'. Ivan served as the co-ruler and regent for his bl ...

and poor relations with the Nogais. He later re-established ties with the Nogais upon marriage with Nur Sultan, daughter of Nogai Timur Mirza. In

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chronicles, the name Xälil is not mentioned at all. However, his name is mentioned in the work of the traveler of the 16th century Sigismund von Herberstein "

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" (''Rerum Moscoviticarum Commentarii''). Also, Karl Fuchs in his work of 1817, using the ancient Tatar list of Kazan khans, mentions the name Xälil. in his works, stated: The same information can be found in the works of

Şihabetdin Märcani Şihabetdin Märcani (pronounced ; Cyrillic tt, Шиһабетдин Мәрҗани, Arabic tt, شہاب الدین مرجانی, also spelled Shihab al-Din al-Marjani; 1818–1889) was a Tatar Turkic Hanafi Maturidi theologian and historian. H ...

. The young Khan was married to the daughter of Nogai Timur, Nur-Sultan who was from the Nogais. The marriage ended without an heir because Xälil died the following year.

Death

After his death in 1467, Nur-Sultan married Xälil's younger brother and heir Ibrahim. She gave birth to Ibrahim's sons and future Khans: Möxämmädämin (r. 1484–1485, 1487–1495, 1502–1518) and Ghabdellatif (r. 1496-1502). After Ibrahim died in 1479, Nur-Sultan married the Crimean Khan

Meñli I Giray Meñli I Giray ( crh3, I Meñli Geray, ۱منكلى كراى) (1445–1515), also spelled as Mengli I Giray, was a ''khan'' of the Crimean Khanate (1466, 1469–1475, 1478–1515) and the sixth son of Hacı I Giray. Biography Struggle f ...

, her third husband. According to one version, Xälil died in prison, where he had ended up due to fresh hostilities between the Kazan Khanate and the

Golden Horde The Golden Horde, self-designated as Ulug Ulus, 'Great State' in Turkic, was originally a Mongol and later Turkicized khanate established in the 13th century and originating as the northwestern sector of the Mongol Empire. With the fragme ...

. Xälil was buried in the Khan's Mausoleum in the

Kazan Kremlin The Kazan Kremlin (russian: Казанский кремль, Kazanskiy kreml; tt-Cyrl, Казан кирмәне) is the chief historic citadel of Russia, situated in the city of Kazan. It was built at the behest of Ivan the Terrible on the ruin ...

References

* Howorth, Henry Hoyle
"History of the Mongols, from the 9th to the 19th Century. Part II, division I"
The so-called tartars of Russia and Central Asia. Londres: Longmans, Green and Co, 1880.
M. G. Khudyakov: Essays on the History of Kazan KhanateXälil Xan.

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Death

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