Meñli I Giray

Meñli I Giray (centre) with the eldest son, future khan Mehmed I Giray (left) and Ottoman sultan Bayezid II (right)

Meñli I Giray (Crimean Tatar: I Meñli Geray, ۱منكلى كراى‎) (1445–1515), also spelled as Mengli I Giray, was a khan of the Crimean Khanate (1466, 1469–1475, 1478–1515) and the sixth son of the khanate founder Haci I Giray.

He ascended the throne in 1466 for some months, then was deposed by his brother Nur Devlet. He was restored to the throne in January 1469, but lost power again in March 1475 as a result of a rebellion of rival brothers and nobility. In 1475, he was captured by the Ottomans in Caffa and delivered to Istanbul. After being forced to recognize Ottoman suzerainty over the Crimean Khanate, he was returned to the throne of Crimea in 1478. He made a great contribution to the development of Crimean Tatar statehood. He founded the fortress of Özü. In 1502, Meñli I defeated the last khan of the Golden Horde and took control over its capital Saray. He proclaimed himself Khagan (Emperor), claiming legitimacy as the successor of the Golden Horde's authority over the Tatar khaganates in the Caspian-Volga region.

Meñli I Giray was buried in the Dürbe (mausoleum) of Salaçıq in Bakhchisaray. In that city, he commissioned Zıncırlı medrese in Salaçıq (1500), Dürbe of Haci I Giray in Salaçıq (1501), and Demir Qapı portal in the Bakhchisaray Palace (by Aloisio the New) (1503).

See also

• List of Ukrainian rulers

Preceded by Nur Devlet	Khan of Crimea 1467	Succeeded by Nur Devlet
Preceded by Nur Devlet	Khan of Crimea 1469–1475	Succeeded by Nur Devlet
Preceded by n/a	Khan of Crimea 1478–1515	Succeeded by Mehmed I Giray

See also

• List of Crimean khans
• Giray dynasty
• Crimean Tatars
• Crimean Khanate
• Bakhchisaray

External links

• The Palace of the Crimean Khans

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Name	Menli Giray, 1
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Date of birth	1445
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Date of death	1515
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