 Their title of prince was confirmed by the Emperor Paul I of Russia on 30 June 1798.According to the Velvet Book of the 17th century, Bakhmet Husein, the Prince of Shirin, after some disagreement in the Great Horde (according to Dmitry Ilovaysky princes of Shirin had a disagreement with Tsar of the Great Horde), moved to Volga region and later conquered the land of Meschera in 1298.He had a son by the name of Beklemish who in Andreev Gorodok (Andrew's City) was baptized as Mikhail.