ðske Qazan (literally: Old Kazan; Cyrillic: ÃÂÃÂúõ ÃÂð÷ðý), was a Bolghar-Tatar city in the 13-16th centuries, situated on the banks of the Kazanka River in the Kazan artñ or Zakazanye region, in what is today the Russian Federation republic of Tatarstan.
In 18th century Tatar literature, ðske Kazan was said to have been founded by the brothers Altñnbäk and ÃÂälimbäk during Mongol invasion of Volga Bulgaria.
In the 13-14th centuries the city was one of the political and economic centres of Kazan artñ. After raids by Russian armies in 1376 and 1399, the city's importance declined. In 1535, the exiled king CanÃÂäli khan lived in the city, where he probably died. In 1552 ðske Kazan was ruined by Russian troops.
Today the Urñs Urmatñ and Qamay ruins are the ruins of ðske Kazan.