[citation needed] Turkic settlers appeared in those areas, and most of them accepted Islam under the influence from the Volga Bulgars.
[citation needed] The semi-independent principality Mishar Yurt was founded by Hordian Mohammad Shirin beg.
[citation needed] After the battle of Suzdal in 1445, Olug Moxammad claimed to return those lands to the Tatars.
Another version is that Qasim came into Muscovite service and was granted those lands to create a buffer state between the Principaltity of Moscow and the Khanate of Kazan.
From the beginning, Khans governed the Khanate's territory, but the outer politics were controlled by Muscovy (later Russia).
[citation needed] The noble families were the Manghyt (Manğıt), Arghyn (Arğın), Jalair (Cälair), Qipchaq (Qıpçaq).
He never really reigned and was used for a short period by Russian Tsar Ivan the Terrible as a puppet head of state.