slipped out of the palace before anyone knew he was gone. The man who helped him escape was executed. 1546-51 Third Kasimov: Shahghali returned to Kasimov and in 1547-51 was involved in several attacks on Kazan. 1551-52 Third Kazan: Now greatly weakened, Kazan accepted Shahghali as khan. The previous Khan's widow (Soyembika) and her son were turned over to the Russians and thousands of Russian captives were released. The people would not accept their near-conquest and he could not manage the conflict between his position as both a Russian vassal and ruler of an independent khanate. He killed some three thousand of his opponents, but this made things worse. Russia sent an ambassador suggesting that Russian troops enter the town to restore order, but he refused to surrender his city to unbelievers. A second embassy demanded his deposition. Instead he fled the town for a third time and returned to Kasimov. 1552-67 Fourth Kasimov. Shahghali took part in the final Russian conquest of Kazan in 1552. He was visited by Anthony Jenkinson in 1558. In 1559 he participated in the Livonian War as commander of the Russian avant-garde, and besieged Narva and Pärnu. In 1562 he defended Polock and in 1564-1565 defended Velikie Luki on the Russian border. He died childless in 1567. See also List of Kazan khans List of Qasim khans 1505 births 1567 deaths Qasim Khanate 16th-century Russian people 16th-century monarchs in Europe References Henry Hoyle Howorth, History of the Mongols, 1880, Part 2, pp 433-35(Kasimov); pp 385-86, 403-405, 410-412 (Kazan)