Fatima Soltan
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Fatima Soltan was the last khanbika (queen) of Qasim Khanate
(1679–81). She was a daughter of Aqmoxammad Shahqol Sayed and a wife of Arslanghali
khan. After the death of her husband in 1627 Russian tsar Mikhail Romanov appointed her and her father Aqmoxammad as regents of her three-year-old son Sayed Borhan
. Until Borhan abdicated in 1679 Fatima Soltan resisted his marriage to a Russian princess and the policy of Christianization and discrimination against Muslims, provided by Moscow authorities. After Borhan abdicated she stayed the last queen of the khanate and after her death Qasim Khanate was abolished.
Qasim Khanate
Qasim Khanate or Kingdom of Qasim was a Tatar territorial formation , vassal of Russia, which existed from 1452 till 1681 in the territory of modern Ryazan Oblast in Russia with its capital Kasimov, in the middle stream of the Oka River...
(1679–81). She was a daughter of Aqmoxammad Shahqol Sayed and a wife of Arslanghali
Arslanghali
Arslanghali khan was a khan of the Qasim Khanate from 1614 to 1624, and a son of Ghali khan and a grandson of Kuchum. In the time of Troubles he with his father struggled against False Tsars. Supporting Mikhail Romanov, he became a khan in the vassal Qasim Khanate, but his rule was limited and...
khan. After the death of her husband in 1627 Russian tsar Mikhail Romanov appointed her and her father Aqmoxammad as regents of her three-year-old son Sayed Borhan
Sayed Borhan
Sayed Borhan khan was a khan of Qasim Khanate in 1627-1679. He was a son of Arslanghali and Fatima Soltan. After the death of his father he was crowned as a khan of Qasim. Sayed Borhan's regents were Fatima Soltan and her father Aqmoxammad Shahqol sayed...
. Until Borhan abdicated in 1679 Fatima Soltan resisted his marriage to a Russian princess and the policy of Christianization and discrimination against Muslims, provided by Moscow authorities. After Borhan abdicated she stayed the last queen of the khanate and after her death Qasim Khanate was abolished.