Meñli I Giray

E191038

Meñli I Giray was a prominent 15th–16th century Crimean khan who consolidated the Crimean Khanate’s power and forged a crucial alliance with the Ottoman Empire.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Meñli I Giray canonical 2
Meñli 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Crimean khan ⓘ
historical figure ⓘ
monarch ⓘ
ally Ottoman Empire ⓘ
assertedIndependenceFrom Great Horde ⓘ
birthDate circa 1445 ⓘ
burialPlace Bakhchisarai ⓘ
capitalEstablishedAt Bakhchisarai ⓘ
conflict Grand Duchy of Lithuania ⓘ
Great Horde ⓘ
Muscovy ⓘ
contributedTo rise of the Crimean Khanate as a regional power ⓘ
country Crimean Khanate ⓘ
deathDate 1515 ⓘ
deathPlace Bakhchisarai ⓘ
dynasty Giray dynasty ⓘ
linked to: Giray
era 15th century ⓘ
16th century ⓘ
ethnicGroup Crimean Tatar ⓘ
linked to: Crimean Tatars
familyName Giray ⓘ
father Hacı I Giray ⓘ
givenName Meñli ⓘ
linked to: Meñli I Giray
governmentForm hereditary monarchy ⓘ
language Crimean Tatar ⓘ
notableFor alliance with the Ottoman Empire ⓘ
conflicts with the Great Horde ⓘ
consolidation of the Crimean Khanate ⓘ
raids into Muscovy ⓘ
raids into the Grand Duchy of Lithuania ⓘ
patronOf Islamic architecture in Crimea ⓘ
positionHeld Khan of the Crimean Khanate ⓘ
linked to: Hacı I Giray
predecessor Nur Devlet ⓘ
regionRuled Black Sea steppe ⓘ
Crimean Peninsula ⓘ
linked to: Crimea
reignEnd 1515 ⓘ
reignStart 1466 ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
residence Bakhchisarai ⓘ
roleInEvent participant in the weakening of the Great Horde ⓘ
strengthened Ottoman-Crimean alliance ⓘ
successor Mehmed I Giray ⓘ
supported Grand Prince Ivan III of Moscow ⓘ
linked to: Ivan III of Russia
suzerainRecognized Ottoman sultan Bayezid II ⓘ
linked to: Bayezid II

Ottoman sultan Mehmed II ⓘ
linked to: Mehmed II
territorialBase Crimea ⓘ
title Khan ⓘ
vassalOf Ottoman Empire ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Giray → notableMember → Meñli I Giray ⓘ
Meñli I Giray → givenName → Meñli ⓘ
linked to: Meñli I Giray
Hacı I Giray → successor → Meñli I Giray ⓘ