ISKE-BIY

ISKE-BIY, the Bashkir Burzyan tribe leader. Headed the Burzyan (tribe) struggle against the Nogay Horde. According to a shezhere and other historical sources, together with Bikbau-biy, Karakuzyak-biy Meshavali, Shagali Shakman-biy held the negotiations for the accession of the south-east Bashkirs to Russia (ref. Accession of Bashkortostan to Russia). After the agreement was signed, he received a Zhalovannaya Gramota, confirming his Russian citizenship. I.-b. was awarded the title of Tarkhan.