Toqtamış Giray (1589–1608, reigned 1607–1608) ruled briefly as khan of the Crimean Khanate. He followed his father Gazi II Giray, was rejected by the Ottomans and killed by his successor

Selâmet I Giray Selâmet I Giray (1558–1610, reigned 1608–1610) was a khan of the Crimean Khanate. His early life was more complex than his 2-year reign. Most of his life involved dynastic conflicts with his brothers and nephews. Family All subsequent Crimea ...

. In 1602, when Gazi left on his third Hungarian campaign, he appointed his 13-year-old son Tokhtamysh as kalga (''qalgha'', designated successor) and left him in nominal charge of Crimea. After he returned to Crimea in 1603 he sent Tokhtamysh with some troops back to Hungary. Gazi died in 1607. By custom, when a khan died power passed to his eldest surviving brother and then to his son. The clan leaders declared the new khan and then requested confirmation from the Ottoman sultan, who sometimes made another choice. Gazi's only living brother was the 50-year-old Selyamet, who was imprisoned in Anatolia. Gazi had made Tokhtamysh his kalga or designated successor. Further, Sultan Murad III (1574–1595) had promised that the khanship would go to Gazi's son, in accordance with Ottoman custom. The elders chose the 19-year-old Tokhtamysh and sent to Istanbul for confirmation. Sultan Ahmed I hesitated. His father

Mehmed III Mehmed III (, ''Meḥmed-i sālis''; tr, III. Mehmed; 26 May 1566 – 22 December 1603) was Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1595 until his death in 1603. Mehmed was known for ordering the execution of his brothers and leading the army in the L ...

(1595–1605) had found Gazi a good warrior, but hard to control, and thought that Gazi's son might also prove disobedient. Ahmed's advisors suggested Selyamet as an alternative. In April 1608 Selyamet was taken from prison and declared khan. Mehmed, son of

Saadet II Giray Saadet II Giray (reigned 1584) was nominally a khan of the Crimean Khanate. 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 � ...

would be his kalga. When Tokhtamysh heard of his disposition he set out overland to talk to the sultan. While crossing the Southern Bug he met Mehmed and a group of janissaries who were travelling overland to Crimea. Tokhtamysh's outnumbered retinue fled and Tokhtamysh died fighting, along with his brother, kalga Sefer Giray. Meanwhile, Selyamet arrived by ship in Crimea, was recognized by the

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s and proceeded to

Bakhchisarai Bakhchysarai ( crh, Bağçasaray, italic=yes; russian: Бахчисара́й; ua, Бахчисара́й; tr, Bahçesaray) is a town in Crimea, a territory recognized by a majority of countries as part of Ukraine and annexed by Russia as the Re ...

. Mehmed soon arrived with news of Tokhtamysh's death.

Sources

*Oleksa Gaivoronsky «Повелители двух материков», Kiev-Bakhchisarai, second edition, 2010, , volume 1, pp. 368, 373, volume 2, pp. 23–27. {{DEFAULTSORT:Giray, Devlet I 1589 births 1608 deaths Crimean Khans 17th-century rulers in Europe