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{{Infobox former monarchy
|royal_title       = Monarchy
|realm             = Crimea
|coatofarms        = Crimean Tatar tamga icon (blue and gold).svg
|coatofarmssize    = 120px
|coatofarmscaption = Trident of Giray
|image             = 
|caption           = 
|style             = 
|first_monarch     = [[Hacı I Giray]]
|last_monarch      = [[Şahin Giray]]
|residence         = [[Bakhchisaray Palace]]
|appointer         = [[Kurultai]]
|began             = 1441
|ended             = 1783
|pretender         = [[Crimea]]<br>[[Prince]] [[Aleksei Guirey]]<ref name=family_tree>[http://members.iinet.net.au/~royalty/states/islamic/crimea.html Family tree]. Crimea {{dead link|date=May 2022}}</ref>
}}

{{Crimean Tatars}}

[[File:Menli I Giray.jpg|right|thumb|150px|Meñli I Giray]]
[[Image:Devlet II Giray.jpg|right|thumb|150px|Sahib II Giray]]

The [[Crimean Khanate]] was a state which existed in present-day southern [[Ukraine]] ([[Crimea]]) from 1441 until 1783.

The position of Khan in Crimea was an [[elective monarchy]] and was picked by [[bey]]s from four of the most noble families (also known as [[Qarachi]] beys: [[Argyns]], [[Kipchaks]], [[Shirin]]s, and Baryns) at [[kurultai]] where the decision about a candidate was adopted.<ref name=khan_elections>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120303130151/http://hansaray.org.ua/r_geray_ist.html Giray - Khan dynasty of Crimea]. Khan's Palace website (unavailable currently).</ref> The newly elected Khan was raised on a white [[felt]] sheet and over him were read Islamic prayers, after that the Khan was triumphantly enthroned.<ref name=khan_elections/>

==List==

The following is the chronological table of reigns of [[Khan (title)|Khans]] of the Crimean Khanate from the [[Giray dynasty]]:

{|class="wikitable"
!Date of Reign
!Name
!Notes
|-
|1441–1456
|[[Hacı I Giray]]<ref name=":inalcık">Halil İnalcık - Kırım Hanlığı Tarihi Üzerine Araştırmalar (1441 - 1700)</ref>
|first reign
|-
|1456
|[[Hayder of Crimea|Haydar]]<ref name=":inalcık" />
|
|-
|1456–1466
|[[Hacı I Giray]]<ref name=":inalcık" />
|second reign
|-
|1466–1468
|[[Nur Devlet]]<ref name=":inalcık" />
|first reign
|-
|1468–1474
|[[Meñli I Giray]]<ref name=":inalcık" />
|first reign
|-
|1474–1475
|[[Nur Devlet]]<ref name=":inalcık" />
|second reign
|-
|1475–1476
|[[Meñli I Giray]]<ref name=":inalcık" />
|second reign
|-
|1476–1477
|colspan=2|dynasty dismissed from power<ref name=":inalcık" />
|-
|1477
|[[Nur Devlet]]<ref name=":inalcık" />
|third reign
|-
|1478–1514
|[[Meñli I Giray]]<ref name=":inalcık" />
|third reign
|-
|1514–1523
|[[Mehmed I Giray]]<ref name=":inalcık" />
|
|-
|1523–1524
|[[Ğazı I Giray]]<ref name=":inalcık" />
|
|-
|1524–1532
|[[Saadet I Girai]]<ref name=":inalcık" />
|
|-
|1532
|[[İslâm I Giray]]<ref name=":inalcık" />
|
|-
|1532–1551
|[[Sahib I Giray]]<ref name=":inalcık" />
|
|-
|1551–1577
|[[Devlet I Giray]]
| 
|-
|1577–1584
|[[Mehmed II Giray]]
| 
|-
|1584
|[[Saadet II Giray]]
| 
|-
|1584–1588
|[[İslâm II Giray]]
|
|-
|1588–1596
|[[Ğazı II Giray]]
|first reign
|-
|1596
|[[Fetih I Giray]]
| 
|-
|1596–1607
|[[Ğazı II Giray]]
|second reign
|-
|1607–1608
|[[Toqtamış Giray]]
|
|-
|1608–1610
|[[Selâmet I Giray]]
|
|-
|1610–1623
|[[Canibek Giray]]
|first reign
|-
|1623–1628
|[[Mehmed III Giray]]
|†
|-
|1628–1635
|[[Canibek Giray]]
|second reign
|-
|1635–1637
|[[İnayet Giray]]
|
|-
|1637–1641
|[[Bahadır I Giray]]
|
|-
|1641–1644
|[[Mehmed IV Giray]]
|first reign
|-
|1644–1654
|[[İslâm III Giray]]
|
|-
|1654–1666
|[[Mehmed IV Giray]]
|second reign
|-
|1666–1671
|[[Adil Giray]]
|
|-
|1671–1678
|[[Selim I Giray]]
|first reign
|-
|1678–1683
|[[Murad Giray]]
|
|-
|1683–1684
|[[Haci II Giray]]
|
|-
|1684–1691
|[[Selim I Giray]]
|second reign
|-
|1691
|[[Saadet III Giray]]
|
|-
|1691–1692
|[[Safa Giray of Crimea|Safa Giray]]
|
|-
|1692–1699
|[[Selim I Giray]]
|third reign
|-
|1699–1702
|[[Devlet II Giray]]
|first reign
|-
|1702–1704
|[[Selim I Giray]]
|fourth reign
|-
|1704–1707
|[[Ğazı III Giray]]
|
|-
|1707–1708
|[[Qaplan I Giray]]
|first reign
|-
|1709–1713
|[[Devlet II Giray]]
|second reign
|-
|1713–1715
|[[Qaplan I Giray]]
|second reign
|-
|1716–1717
|[[Devlet III Giray]]
|
|-
|1717–1724
|[[Saadet IV Giray]]
| 
|-
|1724–1730
|[[Meñli II Giray]]
|first reign
|-
|1730–1736
|[[Qaplan I Giray]]
|third reign
|-
|1736–1737
|[[Fetih II Giray]]
|
|-
|1737–1740
|[[Meñli II Giray]]
|second reign
|-
|1740–1743
|[[Selâmet II Giray]]
|
|-
|1743–1748
|[[Selim II Giray]]
|
|-
|1748–1756
|[[Arslan Giray]]
|first reign
|-
|1756–1758
|[[Halim Giray]]
|
|-
|1758–1764
|[[Qırım Giray]]
|first reign
|-
|1765–1767
|[[Selim III Giray]]
|first reign
|-
|1767
|[[Arslan Giray]]
|second reign
|-
|1767–1768
|[[Maqsud Giray]]
|
|-
|1768–1769
|[[Qırım Giray]]
|second reign
|-
|1769–1770
|[[Devlet IV Giray]]
|first reign
|-
|1770
|[[Qaplan II Giray]]
|
|-
|1770–1771
|[[Selim III Giray]]
|second reign
|-
|1771–1775
|[[Sahib II Giray]]
|†
|-
|1775–1777
|[[Devlet IV Giray]]
|second reign
|-
|1777–1782
|[[Şahin Giray]]
|first reign
|-
|1782
|[[Bahadır II Giray]]
| 
|-
|1782–1783
|[[Şahin Giray]]
|second reign
|-
|colspan=3|† The reigns of [[Canibek Giray]] in 1624 and of [[Maqsud Giray]] in 1771–1772 are not listed. Though these khans were formally appointed by [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] sultans they did not reach the throne and did not rule [[Crimea]]. In the years mentioned, the authority in the [[Crimean Khanate]] was exercised by [[Mehmed III Giray]] and [[Sahib II Giray]] correspondingly.
|-
|colspan=3|
|}

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.hansaray.iatp.org.ua/e_geray_chrono.html Hansaray.org.ua]

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