Crimean Khanate

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historical state khanate vassal state

The Crimean Khanate was a Turkic Tatar state and vassal of the Ottoman Empire that controlled the Crimean Peninsula and surrounding steppes from the 15th to the 18th century, known for its role in Black Sea politics and slave raids into Eastern Europe.

Aliases (2)

Crimean Khanate period ×1
Giray dynasty ×1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical state → khanate → vassal state →
alliedWith	Ottoman Empire →
annexationDate	1783 →
annexedBy	Russian Empire →
borderedBy	Black Sea → Muscovy → Nogai Horde → Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth →
capital	Bakhchisarai →
conflictWith	Cossack Hetmanate → Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth → Russian Tsardom →
continent	Asia → Europe →
currency	akçe →
dynasty	Giray dynasty →
economy	agriculture → pastoralism → raiding → slave trade →
endTime	1783 → 18th century →
ethnicCharacter	Turkic Tatar state →
founder	Hacı I Giray →
governmentType	hereditary monarchy → khanate →
language	Crimean Tatar → Ottoman Turkish →
locatedIn	Black Sea region → Crimean Peninsula → Pontic–Caspian steppe →
military	Tatar cavalry →
notableActivity	Black Sea slave trade → raids into Muscovy → raids into Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth → raids into Ukrainian lands → slave raids into Eastern Europe →
overlord	Ottoman sultan →
partOf	Ottoman imperial system →
partOfEvent	Russo-Turkish conflicts →
region	Crimea →
religion	Sunni Islam →
rulingHouse	Giray →
startTime	1441 → 15th century →
strategicImportance	control of Black Sea steppes → control of Black Sea trade routes →
successorState	Taurida Oblast →
vassalOf	Ottoman Empire →

Referenced by (32)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Great Turkish War → Long Turkish War → Siege of Perekop (1736) →	belligerent
Central Crimea → Feodosia → Theodosia →	wasPartOf
Giray → Siege of Perekop (1736) →	country
Crimea → Right-bank Ukraine →	historicallyContestedBy
Crimean Tatars → Tatars →	historicalState
Nogai Horde →	alliedWith
Cossack Hetmanate →	borderedBy
Poland-Lithuania in the early modern period →	borders
Muscovy →	conflictWith
Crimean Khanate ("Giray dynasty") →	dynasty
Giray →	founded
Bakhchisarai →	foundedBy
Eupatoria ("Crimean Khanate period") →	hasHistoricalPeriod
Siege of Perekop (1736) →	hasParticipant
Isthmus of Perekop →	historicallyControlledBy
Eastern Crimea →	historicallyPartOf
Northern Crimea →	historicalRegionOf
Khmelnytsky Uprising (1648–1657) →	mainBelligerent
Nogai Horde →	neighbor
Siege of Perekop (1736) →	opponent
Gözleve →	partOf
Taurida Oblast →	precededBy
Golden Horde →	successor
Bakhchisarai →	wasCapitalOf
Northern Crimea →	wasFrontierOf