Devlet I Giray

	Email		Print
	Bookmark		Link

Devlet I Giray

Devlet I Giray (; ) (1512–1577) was a khan of the Crimean Khanate

Crimean Khanate

The Crimean Khanate or the Khanate of Crimea was a Crimean Tatars state from 1441 to 1783. Its native name was Crimean Yurt . The khanate was by far the longest-lived of the Turkic peoples khanates that succeeded the empire of the Golden Horde....
during whose long reign (1551–1577) the khanate rose to the pinnacle of its power.

During the reign of his predecessor Sahib I Giray

Sahib I Giray

Sahib I Giray ? a khan of the Crimean Khanate in 1532 –1551.Son of Me?li I Giray. In 1521 his brother, then Khan of Crimea, Mehmed I Giray, took Kazan, and gave it to Sahib....
, Devlet Giray lived in Constantinople

Constantinople

Constantinople was the empire capital of the Roman Empire , the Byzantine Empire , the Latin Empire , and the Ottoman Empire . Strategically located between the Golden Horn and the Sea of Marmara at the point where Europe meets Asia, Byzantine Constantinople had been the capital of a Christendom empire, successor to ancient ancient Greece...
, where he won the favor of Sultan

Sultan

Sultan is an Islamic honorifics, with several historical meanings. Originally it was an Arabic language abstract noun meaning "strength", "authority", or "rulership", derived from the verbal noun ???? sulah, meaning "authority" or "power"....
Suleiman the Magnificent

Suleiman the Magnificent

Suleiman I, His Imperial Majesty , was the tenth and longest-reigning Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, from 1520 to his death in 1566. He is known in Western world as Suleiman the Magnificent and in Eastern world, as the Lawgiver , for his complete reconstruction of the Ottoman legal system....
. With the help of the Ottoman Turks

Ottoman Turks

The Ottoman Turks were the subdivision of the Ottoman Muslim Millet that dominated the ruling class of the Ottoman Empire. Reliable information about the early history of the Ottomans is scarce....
, Devlet Giray was installed as the ruler of the Crimean Khanate in 1551. He is known to have been a skillful politician, who could always take advantage of auspicious conditions.

Discussion

Ask a question about 'Devlet I Giray'

Start a new discussion about 'Devlet I Giray'

Answer questions from other users

Full Discussion Forum

Encyclopedia

Devlet I Giray (; ) (1512–1577) was a khan of the Crimean Khanate

Crimean Khanate

Sahib I Giray

Constantinople

Sultan

Suleiman the Magnificent

Ottoman Turks

Porte

Ottoman Porte used to refer to the Divan of the Ottoman Empire where government policies were established....
.

He successfully interfered with the Ottoman government's plans to construct a canal

Canal

Canals are artificial channels for water. There are two types of canals: Aqueduct canals, which are used for the conveyance and delivery of water, and waterways, which are navigable transportation canals used for passage of goods and people, often connected to existing lakes, rivers, or oceans....
between the Volga and the Don River

Don River (Russia)

The Don is one of the major rivers of Russia. It rises in the town of Novomoskovsk, Russia 60 kilometres southeast from Tula, Russia, southeast of Moscow, and flows for a distance of about 1,950 kilometres to the Sea of Azov....
s, which would certainly strengthen the Turkish influence over Crimea

Crimea

Crimea or the Autonomous Republic of Crimea is an autonomous republic of Ukraine located on the northern coast of the Black Sea, occupying a peninsula of the same name....
. With an army of considerable size at his disposal, Devlet Giray constantly fought with his neighbors, mostly with Russia

Russia

Russia , or the Russian Federation , is a list of countries spanning more than one continent country extending over much of northern Eurasia....
. His raids of 1555 and 1571 were especially devastating for Muscovy (he even managed to burn down Moscow

Moscow

Moscow is the capital and the largest types of inhabited localities in Russia of the Russian Federation. It is also the largest European cities and metropolitan areas, with the Moscow metropolitan area ranking among the largest urban areas in the world....
during the 1571 campaign

Fire of Moscow (1571)

The Fire of Moscow occurred in May of that year when the forces of the Crimean Khan Devlet I Giray Russo?Crimean War . The khan set the suburbs on May 24 and a sudden wind blew the flames into Moscow and the city went up in a conflagration....
) but he suffered a crushing defeat in the Battle of Molodi

Battle of Molodi

The Battle of Molodi was one of the key battles of Ivan IV of Russia's reign. It was fought near the village of Molodi, 60 km south of Moscow, in July-August 1572 between the 120,000-strong horde of Devlet I Giray of Khanate of Crimea and about 60,000 Russians led by Prince Mikhail Vorotynsky....
in 1572.

The main purpose of his military campaigns was to annex Kazan

Kazan

Kazan is the capital types of inhabited localities in Russia of the Tatarstan, Russia, and one of Russia's largest cities. It is a major industrial, commercial and cultural center, and remains the most important center of Tatar culture....
and Astrakhan

Astrakhan

Astrakhan is a major types of inhabited localities in Russia in southern European Russia and the administrative center of Astrakhan Oblast. The city lies on the Volga River, close to where it discharges into the Caspian Sea....
, lost by the Muslim world to the Russians in the previous years. Devlet Giray's attempts were unsuccessful, but still he managed to impose annual monetary and fur tributes on some of the Russians and Ukrainians living in the south.