İslâm III Giray

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İslâm III. Giray

İslâm III Giray, Islam Khan Girai (Crimean Tatar: III İslâm Geray, ۳اسلام كراى) (16041654) — a khan of the Crimean Khanate in 16441654.

In 1648 allied with Zaporozhian Cossack leader Bohdan Khmelnytsky in his revolt against the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. In 1654 after the Treaty of Pereyaslav, he switched sides and allied with Poland against the Tsardom of Russia. He died soon afterwards when, according to legends, he was assassinated by his Cossack concubine.

Preceded by
Mehmed IV Giray
(first reign)
Khan of Crimea
16441654
Succeeded by
Mehmed IV Giray
(second reign)
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