Qashan
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Qashan (Tatar: Кашан, romanized: Qaşan) was a medieval city in Volga Bulgaria, on the right bank of Kama river from the 12th to the 15th century.
History
[edit]In the 12th and 13th centuries, it was one of the administrative and political centres of the Lower Kama region of Volga Bulgaria.
In the 14th century it became a capital of the Qashan Duchy. In 1391, it was destroyed by the ushkuiniki, Russian river pirates, and finally in 1399 by Muscovite troops.
The ruins are situated near the present-day village of Shuran in Laishevsky District of Tatarstan.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- "Кашан". Tatar Encyclopaedia (in Tatar). Kazan: The Republic of Tatarstan Academy of Sciences. Institution of the Tatar Encyclopaedia. 2002.
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