Mordvin Tatars

Mordvin Tatars was a term used to refer to medieval nobility of Volga Tatar, Volga Finnic, and Burtas descent serving Grand Duchy of Moscow.

History

The term was used interchangeably with the term Mordvin princes in 15-16th centuries in official documents of Grand Duchy of Moscow. First the term was applied to pagan princes.

Noble Families

Kugushevs and Rasts were mentioned as Mordvin princes. The latter also sometimes referred to as Siberian. Possibly Tyumen and Tümen are mixed.
According to Stefan Kuznetsov: "There are 55 princely families of Mordvin and Mordvin-Tatar descent, Yengalychev, Yenikeyev, Kildyushev, Kugushev, Kudashev, Kulomzin, Maksutov, Tenishev, Chevkin, Chegodayev, Shuguruv, etc. some of them use the princely title, others only consider themselves princes"
"It is important to note that they as a rule recorded in possessory documents names and ancestral nicknames of only known persons. The names of their more ancient ancestors who had lived there before their lands were annexed do not interest the Muscovy authorities"

Serving People

are mentioned as Burtases and Posop Tatars interchangeably.

Literature

Vladimir Velyaminov-Zernov. Studies on Kasimovskij kings and princes (published in "Proceedings of the Eastern Division of the Imperial Archaeological Society, Part IX, X, XI, 1863 - 1866, h. XII, 1887