Filon Dzhelaliy, also known as Dzhulaibek, was a
Cossack
The Cossacks are a predominantly East Slavic Eastern Christian people originating in the Pontic–Caspian steppe of eastern Ukraine and southern Russia. Cossacks played an important role in defending the southern borders of Ukraine and Rus ...
colonel of
Crimean Tatar descent
[Коваленко Сергій. Джалалий Филон//Україна під булавою Богдана Хмельницького. Енциклопедія у 3-х томах. Том 2. - Київ: Видавництво "Стікс", 2008] who served during the
Khmelnytsky Uprising
The Khmelnytsky Uprising, also known as the Cossack–Polish War, Khmelnytsky insurrection, or the National Liberation War, was a Cossack uprisings, Cossack rebellion that took place between 1648 and 1657 in the eastern territories of the Poli ...
of 1648–1657. He was a close associate of
Bohdan Khmelnytsky
Zynoviy Bohdan Mykhailovych Khmelnytsky of the Abdank coat of arms (Ruthenian language, Ruthenian: Ѕѣнові Богданъ Хмелнiцкiи; modern , Polish language, Polish: ; 15956 August 1657) was a Ruthenian nobility, Ruthenian noble ...
and originally served in the
Pereiaslav Cossack Regiment. In April 1648, together with B.Tovpigoy, a centurion of the Cherkasy regiment, he led an uprising of registered Cossacks at Kamiana Zavod.
In 1648, he was appointed colonel of the Kropyvniansky (
Ichniansky) regiment. He took part in several battles, including the Battle of
Zhovti Vody in 1648; the
Battle of Korsun; the
Battle of Pyliavtsi in 1648; and the
Battle of Zboriv in 1649. He also took part in important diplomatic missions to Turkey. In October–November 1648, Dzhulaibek led a Ukrainian diplomatic mission that signed a treaty with the
Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman Empire (), also called the Turkish Empire, was an empire, imperial realm that controlled much of Southeast Europe, West Asia, and North Africa from the 14th to early 20th centuries; it also controlled parts of southeastern Centr ...
recognizing Ukraine as a state and forbidding Crimean Tatars from attacking Ukrainian lands.
In September 1650, Dzhulaibek led the Ukrainian embassy to the Moldovian lord Vladimir Lupula. At the
Battle of Berestechko
The Battle of Berestechko (Ukrainian language, Ukrainian: Битва під Берестечком, Polish language, Polish: ''Bitwa pod Beresteczkiem''; 28 June – 10 July 1651) was fought between the Cossack Hetmanate and Crimean Khanate ag ...
in 1651, he was elected
hetman
''Hetman'' is a political title from Central and Eastern Europe, historically assigned to military commanders (comparable to a field marshal or imperial marshal in the Holy Roman Empire). First used by the Czechs in Bohemia in the 15th century, ...
of the Cossack officers and appointed captain general of the hetman. After 1654, he spent a long time with his family in Selyshche Sahunivka (
Cherkasy region, Ukraine). His fate after 1684 is unknown.
References
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