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Qashliq

Also known as Isker, Kashlyk

Qashliq, also called Isker, was the capital of the Khanate of Sibir, on the right bank of the Irtysh near modern Tobolsk in western Siberia. The Taibugid rulers made it their seat around 1495, and in 1582 the Cossacks of Yermak took it from Khan Kuchum. It was abandoned after the Russians founded Tobolsk nearby in 1587.

Qashliq
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Mentioned in 2 state histories

Tyumen KhanateKhanate of Sibir

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