Kuchum Khan
| Kuchum Khan | |
|---|---|
| Khan | |
Kuchum Khan in Qashliq | |
| Khan of the Sibir Khanate | |
| Reign | 1569-1574, 1578-1598 |
| Coronation | 1569 |
| Predecessor | Yadigar bin Qasim |
| Successor | Khanate abolished |
| Born | 16th century Nogai Horde or Khanate of Sibir |
| Died | c. 1605 Bukhara? |
| Spouse | Suzge Khanum Saltanym Jandawlat Syudejan Aktulum Ak-Syuiryun Shevlel Qubul Chepshan |
| Issue | Ali Qanai Azim Ishim Abdul-Khair Asmanaq Others |
| Father | Murtaza ibn Ibak Khan |
| Religion | Islam |
Kuchum Khan (Turki and Persian: کوچم خان, Siberian Tatar: Köçöm; Көцөм, Russian: Кучум; died c. 1601) was the last Khan of Siberia who ruled from 1563 to 1598.
Kuchum Khan's attempt to spread Islam and his cross-border raids met with vigorous opposition from the Russian Tsar Ivan the Terrible (reigned 1547–1584), who sent a force of Cossacks to confront him head-on (c. 1580). Kuchum is particularly noted for the vigorous resistance he offered to the Russian invaders.