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. He was khan between the first and second reigns of his cousin

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. His brother

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became khan in 1691. None of his descendants were khans. Three of his uncles were khans. During the first reign of his cousin Selim I Giray (1671–1678) he helped the Turks against the Austrians and was praised for his bravery. In 1678 Selim was replaced by another cousin Murad Giray because of a military failure. In 1683 Murad was removed because of his part in the disaster at Vienna. When the 39-year-old Haji came to the throne he appointed as kalga and nureddin Devlet and Azamat Giray, two sons of Selim I. (Devlet later became khan

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). In late 1683 the Crimeans defeated Stefan Kunicki who had attacked the

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. For some reason, he cancelled the payments due to the Crimean nobles. The rebellious nobles occupied the palace at Bakhchisarai and requested that the Turks restore Selim I. Haji fled to the Mangup fortress and then to Turkey. He died in Rhodes in 1689. Howorth suggested that the sons of Selim were involved in his overthrow.

Sources and footnotes

*Henry Hoyle Howorth, History of the Mongols, 1880, Part 2, pp. 563 *Олекса Гайворонский «Созвездие Гераев». Симферополь, 2003.In the absence of better sources part of this article is abstracted from the corresponding article in the Russian Wikipedia as of February 2021. The Russian Wiki follows Gaivoronsky. Howorth is very old and out of date. {{s-end Crimean Khans