Qasim Khanate
FORMER COUNTRY
Khanate of Qasim; Kasimov Khanate; Khanate of Kasimov; Qasím Khanate; Qasim Tatars; Kasimov Tatars; Kasim Khanate; Kasimov khanate
Qasim Khanate or Kingdom of Qasim or Khanate of Qasım (; , Kasimovskoye khanstvo/Kasimovskoye tsarstvo) was a Tatar-ruled khanate, a vassal of Russia, which existed from 1452 until 1681 in the territory of modern Ryazan Oblast in Russia with its capital Kasimov, in the middle course of the Oka River. It was established in the lands which Grand Prince Vasily II of Moscow (reigned 1425–1462) presented in 1452 to the Kazan prince Qasim Khan (d.