Giray

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The Giray were the hereditary ruling dynasty of the Crimean Khanate, a prominent Turkic-Mongol royal house that claimed descent from Genghis Khan.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf royal dynasty
ruling house
alliedWith Ottoman Empire
capital Bakhchisarai
claimedRight to the throne of the Golden Horde
claimsDescentFrom Genghis Khan
continent Asia
Europe
country Crimean Khanate
dynasticPrinciple agnatic seniority
dynasticReligionRole protector of Islam in the steppe
engagedIn slave raids into Eastern Europe
steppe warfare
ethnicity Mongol
Turkic
founded Crimean Khanate
founder Hacı I Giray
governedPeople Crimean Tatars
Nogais
heritage Mongol Empire
surface form: Genghisid dynasty
historicalEra Early Modern period
surface form: Early modern period
language Chagatai Turkic
surface form: Chagatai

Crimean Tatar language
surface form: Crimean Tatar
lostSovereigntyInYear 1783
nobleTitle Giray self-linksurface differs
surface form: Khan of Crimea
notableMember Devlet I Giray
Giray self-linksurface differs
surface form: Hacı I Giray

Giray self-linksurface differs
surface form: Islam III Giray

Meñli I Giray
Qaplan I Giray
Giray self-linksurface differs
surface form: Sahib I Giray

Giray self-linksurface differs
surface form: Şahin Giray
overthrownBy Russian Empire
partOf Nogai Horde
surface form: Golden Horde successor states
politicalRole frontier buffer for Ottoman Empire
politicalStatus khanal dynasty
politicalSystem hereditary monarchy
recognizedBy Ottoman sultan
surface form: Ottoman sultans
region Crimea
religion Sunni Islam
ruledFromCentury 15th century
ruledUntilCentury 18th century
successorState Taurida Oblast
surface form: Taurida Governorate of the Russian Empire
territorialBase Crimea
surface form: Crimean Peninsula
traditionalResidence Bakhchisaray Palace
surface form: Bakhchisarai Palace
usedTitle Giray self-link
Khan
Sultan
vassalOf Ottoman Empire

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this entity surface form: Tamga of the Giray dynasty
Crimean Khanate founder Giray
this entity surface form: Hacı I Giray
Giray nobleTitle Giray self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Khan of Crimea
Giray notableMember Giray self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Hacı I Giray
Giray notableMember Giray self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Sahib I Giray
Giray notableMember Giray self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Islam III Giray
Giray notableMember Giray self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Şahin Giray
Crimean Tatars ruledBy Giray
this entity surface form: Giray dynasty
Giray usedTitle Giray self-link