Ibrahim of Kazan


İbrahim khan was a ruler of the Khanate of Kazan from 1467. He was the son of Mäxmüd. He was crowned after Xälil's death and was married to his wife Nursoltan. In 1467–1469 and 1478 he participated in wars against Muscovy. After the treaty concluded with Ivan III, all Russian prisoners of war were liberated. He was a supporter of policy of non-intervention to Muscovy's politics.

Wars against Muscovy

In 1467 Ivan III began the war against the Kazan Khanate. In the fall he sent as a pretender oglan Kasim, Ibrahim’s uncle.
This candidacy was supported among a part of Kazan nobility. Ibrahim destroyed numerous Moscow force in the battle on the Idel. Perhaps this was a biggest battle between the Tatars and the Russians on the water.
At the head of opposition was mirza Gabgul-Mumin. Campaign ended unsuccessfully: the Russian army didn’t decide cross the Volga and engage in combat with the Tatars. In response to this Ibrahim-khan in winter made a dragoon to the border areas of the enemy and plundered environs of Galich Merskoy.
In 1468 Ivan III sent strong garrisons to Nizhniy Novgorod, Murom, Kostroma, Galich and began military action on the territory of Khanate. This campaign accompanied by extreme violence against ordinary people with the purpose of provoke Kazan into a big war.
Ibrahim sent its armies by two directions: Galich and Nizhniy Novgorod-Muromsk. On the first way, the Kazan army was contributed by success. Tatars captured the Kichmeng town and two volosts of Kostroma were been occupied. On the second way Russians stopped Tatars defeating Khadzhi-Berdy's troop.
Muscovy opened a third front - Khlynovsk. Ushkuyniks on the boats went to Kama through Vyatka and began robbing in the hinderland of Khanate. In response to this Tatars sent strong troops that captured capital of Vyatka krai - Khlynov, and set there its administration.