Saadet II Giray (reigned 1584) was nominally a khan of the

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 ...

. More accurately, he rebelled against his uncle and called himself khan, but was soon driven out. He was the son of Mehmed II Giray. When the Turks replaced Mehmed with İslâm II, Mehmed fled but was caught and killed. His sons reached safety on the steppes. Less than three months later Saadet returned with an army. Saadet took the capital and had the nobles name him khan. Islyam appealed to the Turks who sent troops and drove Saadet out of Crimea. He died at Astrakhan around 1588, possibly murdered by the Russians. For a fuller account see his father

Mehmed II Giray Mehmed II Giray, the Fat (1532–1584, reigned 1577–1584) was khan of the Crimean Khanate. During his reign he made at least three campaigns against Persia in the service of the Ottomans. He was overthrown by the Ottoman Empire for refusing ano ...

and his adversary

İslâm II Giray Islyam II Giray (or İslâm) (reigned 1584–1588) was a khan of the Crimean Khanate. His long stay in Turkey, theological training, and possibly age, may have unfitted him to rule. Most of the fighting was done by his brother Alp Giray. He was on ...

His sons

*Kumyk: Probably poisoned by Russians in Astrakhan along with his uncle Murad *Devlet: Nureddin under Gazi II; in 1601 planned to rebel but was killed. *

Shahin Giray Shahin or Shaheen , is a persian and kurdish male given name which is the generic term for ''hawk'' or ''falcon'', although in specific, the peregrine falcon. The name Shahin is a composite of two nouns, "''shah''" - king and "''īn''" - which is a ...

: Escaped after Devlet was killed, active until 1641. *

Mehmed III Giray Mehmed III Giray (1584–1629, reigned 1623–1628) was a khan of the Crimean Khanate. Much of his life was spent in conflict with nearly everyone around him. Part of the trouble was caused by his over-aggressive brother Shahin Giray. His reign was ...

: Escaped after Devlet was killed, killed Tokhtamysh, later khan.

References

*Oleksa Gaivoronsky «Повелители двух материков», Kiev-Bakhchisarai, second edition, 2010, , volume 1, pages 320–322 (revolt), page 329 (death) *Henry Hoyle Howorth, History of the Mongols, 1880, Part 2, pp. 519–520 (short account) {{Khans of Crimea Crimean Khans