Mehmed I Giray
Deceased Person
1465 – 1523
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Who was Mehmed I Giray?
Mehmed I Giray, Mukhamad Khan Girai, known as Great — a khan of the Crimean Khanate in 1515 –1523.
Son of Meñli I Giray, inherited power after his father's death. In 1520 signed a temporary alliance with king of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania, Zygmunt I Stary, against Muscovy. In 1521 he took Kazan, where he put his brother, Sahib I Giray in power. Leading a large Tatar army he defeated Vasili III of Russia near Moscow.
Died in 1523.
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