Sayed Borhan Explained

Sayed Borhan
Succession:Khan of the Tatar Qasim Khanate
Reign1:1627 – 1679
Predecessor1:Arslanghali
Successor1:Fatima Soltan
Father:Arslanghali
Mother:Fatima Soltan
Birth Date:1624
Death Date:c. 1680

Sayed Borhan Khan (1624  - c. 1680) was a khan of Qasim Khanate from 1627 to 1679. He was a son of Arslanghali and Fatima Soltan. After the death of his father he was crowned as a khan of Qasim. Sayed Borhan's regents were Fatima Soltan and her father Agha Muhammad Shah Quli Sayyid. During his reign the Khanate was totally placed under Moscow control, Russian authorities enforced Christianization. In 1679 Sayed Borhan abdicated and was baptized as Vasili.