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Arslan Giray
Arslan Giray (reigned 1748–1756 and 1767, lived 1692–1768) was twice khan of the Crimean khanate. He was the second son of Devlet II Giray (1699). His son was Devlet IV Giray (1769) and his grandson was the historian Halim Giray. Two of his brothers were khans ( Fetih II Giray (1736) and Qırım Giray (1758)). He was said to be noble, brave and respected by his subjects. His name means 'lion'. In 1735–36 he was nureddin under his uncle Qaplan I Giray at the time of the first Russian invasion. In 1736–37 he was kalga under his brother Fetih II Giray at the time of the second Russian invasion. The next khans were 1737: Meñli II Giray, 1740 Selâmet II Giray, 1743: Selim II Giray. First reign 1748–1756 He was enthroned in May/June 1748. His kalga was Selim, a son of Fetih II. His nureddin was his brother and future khan Qırım Giray. Qirim was later replaced by Maksud, a son of Selyamet II. He continued to rebuild Crimea following the Russian invasions of 1736–173 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crimean Khanate
The Crimean Khanate ( crh, , or ), officially the Great Horde and Desht-i Kipchak () and in old European historiography and geography known as Little Tartary ( la, Tartaria Minor), was a Crimean Tatars, Crimean Tatar state existing from 1441 to 1783, the longest-lived of the Turkic khanates that succeeded the empire of the Golden Horde. Established by Hacı I Giray in 1441, it was regarded as the direct heir to the Golden Horde and to Cumania, Desht-i-Kipchak. In 1783, violating the 1774 Treaty of Küçük Kaynarca (which had guaranteed non-interference of both Russia and the Ottoman Empire in the affairs of the Crimean Khanate), the Russian Empire Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Empire, annexed the khanate. Among the European powers, only France came out with an open protest against this act, due to the longstanding Franco-Ottoman alliance. Naming and geography Crimean khans, considering their state as the heir and legal successor of the Golden Horde and Desht-i Kipchak, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Devlet II Giray
Devlet II Giray (1648–1718) was Khan of the Crimean Khanate from 1699 to 1702 and from 1709 to 1713. His eldest son was Selim II Giray. First Rule (1699–1702) Selim I Giray, after his retirement in 1699, recommended Devlet II Giray Khan to the post who was confirmed in the rank of Khan by the Ottoman Empire. In the early years of his reign, he faced a conflict that broke out between his brothers and Kalga Nureddin for important positions within the Khanate. One participant in the dispute, Goran Gaza, fled to Bujak and there gathered around himself rebellious Nogays that had intended to leave the subordination of the Crimea. This rebellion was suppressed by Devlet II Giray. Soon Khan had difficulties with foreign states. The Ottoman Empire, which signed peace treaty with Moscow, ignored all the warnings of the Khan, who reported on the plans of Peter I of Russia to continue to wage war in the south. Devlet II Giray tried to organize an army against the will of the Ottoman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Devlet IV Giray
Devlet is the Turkish word for " state", a borrowing from Arabic ''dawla'' (دولة) via Persian ''dowlat'' (دولت). It has also been used as a given name. It may refer to: * Devlet Bahçeli (born 1948), Turkish politician and chairman of the far-right Nationalist Movement Party *Devlet Hatun (died 1411), consort of Ottoman Sultan Bayezid I and the mother of Sultan Mehmed I *Devletşah Hatun, consort of Ottoman Sultan Bayezid I *Devlet Giray (other) Devlet Giray may refer to: *Khans of the Crimean Khanate: ** Devlet I Giray (1512–1577), reigned from 1551 to 1577 ** Devlet II Giray (1648–1718), reigned in 1699–1702 and 1709–13 ** Devlet III Giray (1647–1717), reigned from 1716 to 1717 ..., four Crimean khans {{given name Turkish masculine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fetih II Giray
Fetih II Geray (reigned 1736-1737, lived 1696-1746) was a khan of the Crimean Khanate. During his brief reign Russia invaded Crimea for the second time. He was the eldest son of Devlet II Giray, one of the Selim I Giray#His sons, six brothers who held the khanship for most of the period 1699-1743. His son was future khan Selim III Giray. His brothers were future khans Arslan Giray and Qırım Giray. During the third reign of his uncle and predecessor Qaplan I Giray he was nureddin until 1735 when he became kalga on the death of Adil Giray. In 1733 or 1734 he led a raid across to the Caspian Sea. In the summer of 1736 Russia invaded Crimea for the first time and burned the capital, for which Qaplan was removed. Reign He became khan around August or September 1736. The Turks made him khan because of his success in 1734 and possibly because of connections in the Ottoman court. As kalga and nureddin he appointed his brothers Arslan and Mahmud. Since Bakhchisarai had been burned he e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Qırım Giray
Khan Qırım Giray (1717–1769) was one of the most influential rulers of the Crimean Khanate. He was the patron of the Bakhchisaray Fountain and many Mosques throughout Crimea, and is also known to have extended the Bakhchisaray Palace. Reign Qırım Giray's first reign lasted (1758–1764), he gathered a large army in Căușeni and prepared to invade Poland after some Tatar merchants were robbed, some of his forces managed to raid and pillage a few important Polish strongholds. Poland agreed to pay indemnity to him and the conflict ended. Qırım Giray intended to wage war against Stanisław August Poniatowski, who was placed as ruler of Poland by Catherine II but was halted by the Ottoman Empire and was deposed by his nephew Selim III Giray, but regained power after the reign of Maqsud Giray. Qırım Giray's second reign lasted from (1768–1769), he once again gathered a large army in Căușeni consisting of Tatars, Ottomans and Polish allies and invaded the Russian held ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Qaplan I Giray
Qaplan I Giray was three times khan of the Crimean Khanate. He was the son of Selim I Giray and thus one of the six brothers who ruled for most the period from 1699 to 1743. During his first reign he was defeated by the Kabardians. His second reign ended when he did not fully support the Turks in the Balkans. During his third reign Russia invaded Crimea and burned the capital. First Reign (1707–1708) He came to the throne in 1707 following the deposition of his brother Ğazı III Giray. His kalga and nureddin were his brothers Meñli II Giray and Maksud. Maksud soon died and was followed by Sahib, another brother. He sent Mengli to discuss things with the Circassians or Kabardians. Mengli was arrogant, the Kabardians attacked and killed many of his men, but Mengli escaped. Qaplan then led a large army against the rebellious Kabardians, including 3,000 Turks. The war was a disaster (Battle of Kanzhal, September 1708). He lost most of his men, including the Shirin and Mansur be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meñli II Giray
Mengli II Giray (1678–1740) was twice khan of the Crimean Khanate (1724–1730 and 1737–1740). He was a son of khan Selim I Giray and thus one of the six brothers who were khans during most of the period from 1699 to 1742. He was said to be intelligent, a lover of literature and involved with the Sufi order. He funded mosques and madrassas in Crimea, Budjak and Istanbul. During his first reign he regained control the Crimean nobles and then the Nogais in Budjak and the Kuban region. He was born in 1678 on the isle of Rhodes during his father’s first exile. In 1704–1707 he was nureddin under his brother Ğazı III Giray. In 1707–1708 and 1713–1715 he was kalga during the first two reigns of his brother Qaplan I Giray. When Qaplan quit he settled at Kadykey near Silistra. First Reign 1724–1730 When Saadet IV Giray gave up the throne there was talk of reappointing Qaplan, but Mengli was chosen (September-October 1724 = muharram 1137AH) His kalgas were Safa, a brothe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Selâmet II Giray
Selyamet II Giray (reigned 1740–1743, lived 1691–1751) was a khan of the Crimean Khanate. His four-year reign was relatively uneventful. He was described as honest, gentle, pious and inclined to charity and good works. He was the youngest son of Selim I Giray and thus the last of the six brothers who ruled for most of the period 1699–1743. His son Maqsud Giray became khan in 1767. During the second reign of his brother Qaplan I Giray (1713-1715) he was Or-Beg or governor of Perekop. During the first reign of his brother Meñli II Giray (1724-1730) he started as nureddin and was promoted to kalga in 1727. During Mengli's second reign (1737-1740) he was kalga. When Mengli died of natural causes in January 1740 he was promoted to khan with the support of the Crimeans and approval of the Turks. He appointed as kalga Azamat Geray, a son of his brother Ğazı III Giray. As nureddin he appointed Tokhtamysh Giray, a son of his brother and predecessor Mengli Giray. Just before he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Selim II Giray
Selim II Giray (reigned 1743–1748, lived 1708–1748) was a khan of the Crimean Khanate. His father was Qaplan I Giray and his son was future khan Qaplan II Giray (1770). He was obedient to and praised by the Turks and kept peace with Russia by returning captives and suppressing Kuban Nogai raiding. He was nicknamed Qatti, meaning something like solid or unshakeable. In 1742 he was made kalga by his uncle Selâmet II Giray. In November 1743 he was promoted to khan when the Turks deposed Selyamet. One reason may have been that the Ottomans wanted a stronger man if they needed Crimean troops to fight Persia. He chose as kalga Shahin, a son of former kalga Adil.possibly the same person who was kalga during the third reign of Qaplan I Giray from 1730 His first nureddin was Selim, a son of Kuban warlord Bakhti Giray. When nureddin Selim died he appointed Akhmed, a son of Mekhmed Giray and grandson of Devlet II Giray. Around the time he came to the throne there was a famine in Ista ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Halim Giray
Halim Gerai (Girey) (Crimean Halim Geray 1689–1759, حليم كراى ;) - Crimean khan from the Gerai dynasty (1756–1758), son of the Crimean khan Saadet IV Gerai, grandson of Selim I Gerai . Life He was a noureddin under Mengli II Gerai (1727–1730). Having occupied the khan's throne, Halim Gerai appointed his brothers Devlet Geray and Mehmed Gerai as kalga and nureddin . Having received the Khan's title, Halim Gerai made personnel changes in the state system, entrusting important posts to his younger relatives. Some of these new appointments were unsuccessful, since not all of Halim Geray's close associates possessed the necessary management skills and thereby caused great indignation of their subjects. So, in particular, it happened with the Nogays of Budzhak and Edisan (the area between the Dnieper and the Dniester ), only recently with difficulty brought into submission by Arslan Geray . They were outraged by their new manager, Said Gerai, and again rebelled, which th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Selim III Giray
Selim III Gerai (Giray) ( Crimean III Selim Geray 1713–1786, ٣ سليم كراى ;) - Crimean khan from the Gerai dynasty (1765–1767, 1770–71), son of Khan Fetih II Giray, grandson of Devlet II Giray. Life Under Arslan Giray Arslan Giray (reigned 1748–1756 and 1767, lived 1692–1768) was twice khan of the Crimean khanate. He was the second son of Devlet II Giray (1699). His son was Devlet IV Giray (1769) and his grandson was the historian Halim Giray. Two of his ... (1748–1756) he held the post of kalgi. The reign of Selim III Geray brought about major changes in the life of the Crimean Khanate. Reigning for the first time, Selim III convinced the Ottoman Sultan of the need to conclude peace with Austria for a joint confrontation between Russia, but was soon deprived of the khan's rank. In the first reign, Selim III Gerai appointed his brothers Mehmed Gerai and Kyrim Gerai as kalga and nureddin. In the second reign, Selim III appointed the kalga of his brother ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Devlet IV Gray
Devlet is the Turkish word for " state", a borrowing from Arabic ''dawla'' (دولة) via Persian ''dowlat'' (دولت). It has also been used as a given name. It may refer to: * Devlet Bahçeli (born 1948), Turkish politician and chairman of the far-right Nationalist Movement Party *Devlet Hatun (died 1411), consort of Ottoman Sultan Bayezid I and the mother of Sultan Mehmed I *Devletşah Hatun, consort of Ottoman Sultan Bayezid I *Devlet Giray (other) Devlet Giray may refer to: *Khans of the Crimean Khanate: ** Devlet I Giray (1512–1577), reigned from 1551 to 1577 ** Devlet II Giray (1648–1718), reigned in 1699–1702 and 1709–13 ** Devlet III Giray (1647–1717), reigned from 1716 to 1717 ..., four Crimean khans {{given name Turkish masculine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
