Astrakhan Khanate

medieval state

thumb Hajji Tarkhan or Hajji Tarkhan al Jedid (Turki/Kypchak and , ), also known as Hashtar Khan / Astarxan () or Astrakhan, was a medieval city at the right bank of Volga, situated approximately 12 km north of the modern city of Astrakhan. The first mention of the town was recorded in 1333. In the 13th and 14th centuries, it was one of the main trade and political centres of the Golden Horde. In 1395, the city was sacked by Timur. Astrakhan was rebuilt afterwards and became the capital of the Khanate of Astrakhan in 1459. In 1547, the city was seized by the Crimean khan Sahib I Giray. In

a sub/ethnic group of Volga-Ural Tatars downstream of the Volga; a sub/ethnic group/s of Nogai origin that formed during the time of the Astrakhan Khanate

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(1599–1602)

1554–1556 conquest