Siberian Khanate
| Khanate of Sibir | ||||||||||
| Сыбыр Ханлыҡ | ||||||||||
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 Approximate extent of the Khanate of Sibir, together with Russian settlements founded after its conquest
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| Capital |
Tyumen (until 1493) Sibir (from 1493) |
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| Languages |
Siberian Tatar Selkup Nenets Khanty Mansi |
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| Religion | Islam, Shamanism | |||||||||
| Government | Khanate | |||||||||
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| • | 1490s | Taibuga | ||||||||
| • | 1563–1598 | Kuchum | ||||||||
| History | ||||||||||
| • | Established | 1490 | ||||||||
| • | Conquered by the Tsardom of Russia | 1598 | ||||||||
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The Khanate of Sibir, also historically called the Khanate of Turan, was a Tatar Khanate located in southwestern Siberia with a Turco-Mongol ruling class. Throughout its history, members of the Shaybanid and Taibugid dynasties often contested the rulership over the Khanate between each other; both of these competing tribes were direct patrilineal descendants of Genghis Khan through his eldest son Jochi and Jochi's fifth son Shayban (Shiban). The area of the Khanate was itself once an integral part of the Mongol Empire, and later came under the control of the White Horde and of the Golden Horde.
The Khanate of Sibir ruled an ethnically diverse population of Turkic Siberian Tatars and various Uralic peoples including the Khanty, Mansi, Nenets and Selkup. The Sibir Khanate was the northernmost Muslim state in recorded history. Its defeat by Yermak Timofeyevich in 1582 marked the beginning of the Russian conquest of Siberia.
The Sibir Khanate was administered by Mirzas who originated from various indigenous Siberian tribes. These Mirzas organized loosely knit dominions, which were all under the nominal authority of the Khan of Tyumen and Sibir. Mirzas also led the warriors of the Khanate of Sibir into battle and owed nominal allegiance to the Khan of Tyumen and Sibir.
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