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'''Şahin Giray''', '''Shahin Khan Girai''' was the last Khan of ]. He was born in 1745 in ]. '''Şahin Giray''', '''Shahin Khan Girai''' was the last Khan of ]. He was born in 1745 in ].
He studied in ] and also in ]. He studied in ] and also in ].
He reputedly spoke the ] language as well as ], ] and ]. He reputedly spoke the ] language as well as ], ] and ].
When he was 20, his uncle Crimean Khan ] called him back to the Crimea from his foreign school whereupon he was installed as the Commander of ]. In 1770, the ] won a great battle against the ] and sought an alliance with the ] against the Turks. However, this proposal was strongly opposed by ]. Following this rebuke Russia launched a surprise attack on the Crimea forcing the Khan to send envoys to ] to sue for peace. During this mission ] met Şahin Giray and wrote of him: When he was 20, his uncle Crimean Khan ] called him back to the Crimea from his foreign school whereupon he was installed as the Commander of ]. In 1770, the ] won a great battle against the ] and sought an alliance with the ] against the Turks. However, this proposal was strongly opposed by ]. Following this rebuke Russia launched a surprise attack on the Crimea forcing the Khan to send envoys to ] to sue for peace. During this mission ] met Şahin Giray and wrote of him:


<blockquote>''"The Crimean Prince is the most gentle Tatar, I have ever seen. He's very talented, bronze-colored, good-looking, circumcised and writes poetry. He wants to see and learn everything."''</blockquote> <blockquote>''"The Crimean Prince is the most gentle Tatar, I have ever seen. He's very talented, bronze-colored, good-looking, circumcised and writes poetry. He wants to see and learn everything."''</blockquote>


In 1776, Şahin Giray succeeded his uncle to become ]. During his brief reign he embarked on a program to re-build and modernise the Crimean Khanate. These reforms centred on the economy and government infrastructure but included opening factories and moving the capital from ] to the important trade city of ] . In 1776, Şahin Giray succeeded his uncle to become ]. During his brief reign he embarked on a program to re-build and modernise the Crimean Khanate. These reforms centred on the economy and government infrastructure but included opening factories and moving the capital from ] to the important trade city of ] .


Eventually under enormous pressure from Russia and facing the inevitability of defeat, he agreed to a Russian offer to incorporate the khanate into the Russian Empire. Following this he was compelled to move to ] where he lived under house arrest. He appealed to be allowed to move to ] where he had spent much of his childhood. In 1787, Russia and the Ottoman Empire agreed to allow him to move to Edirne. This move was not the retirement he was expecting because the Ottoman authorities saw him as a possible challenger to the imperial Ottoman throne. He was moved under arrest to ] and then ] where he was executed later that year. Eventually under enormous pressure from Russia and facing the inevitability of defeat, he agreed to a Russian offer to incorporate the khanate into the Russian Empire. Following this he was compelled to move to ] where he lived under house arrest. He appealed to be allowed to move to ] where he had spent much of his childhood. In 1787, Russia and the Ottoman Empire agreed to allow him to move to Edirne. This move was not the retirement he was expecting because the Ottoman authorities saw him as a possible challenger to the imperial Ottoman throne. He was moved under arrest to ] and then ] where he was executed later that year.


His descendants lived in ], ], and other Turkish cities.{{citation needed|date=May 2012}} His descendants lived in ], ], and other Turkish cities.{{citation needed|date=May 2012}}
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Khan of the Crimean Khanate
Şahin Giray
Khan of the Crimean Khanate
Reign1777–1782, 1782-1783
PredecessorDevlet IV Giray, Bahadır II Giray
Born1745
Edirne
Died1787
Rhodes
BurialRhodes
HouseGiray Dynasty
FatherAhmed Giray
MotherKatka, Russian Slave

Şahin Giray, Shahin Khan Girai was the last Khan of Crimea. He was born in 1745 in Edirne. He studied in Greece and also in Venice. He reputedly spoke the Crimean Tatar language as well as Ottoman Turkish, Italian and Greek. When he was 20, his uncle Crimean Khan Qırım Giray called him back to the Crimea from his foreign school whereupon he was installed as the Commander of Nogai Horde. In 1770, the Russian Empire won a great battle against the Ottoman Empire and sought an alliance with the Crimean Khanate against the Turks. However, this proposal was strongly opposed by Selim Giray. Following this rebuke Russia launched a surprise attack on the Crimea forcing the Khan to send envoys to Saint Petersburg to sue for peace. During this mission Catherine II met Şahin Giray and wrote of him:

"The Crimean Prince is the most gentle Tatar, I have ever seen. He's very talented, bronze-colored, good-looking, circumcised and writes poetry. He wants to see and learn everything."

In 1776, Şahin Giray succeeded his uncle to become Khan of Crimea. During his brief reign he embarked on a program to re-build and modernise the Crimean Khanate. These reforms centred on the economy and government infrastructure but included opening factories and moving the capital from Bakhchisaray to the important trade city of Caffa .

Eventually under enormous pressure from Russia and facing the inevitability of defeat, he agreed to a Russian offer to incorporate the khanate into the Russian Empire. Following this he was compelled to move to Saint Petersburg where he lived under house arrest. He appealed to be allowed to move to Edirne where he had spent much of his childhood. In 1787, Russia and the Ottoman Empire agreed to allow him to move to Edirne. This move was not the retirement he was expecting because the Ottoman authorities saw him as a possible challenger to the imperial Ottoman throne. He was moved under arrest to Constantinople and then Rhodes where he was executed later that year.

His descendants lived in Bursa, Istanbul, and other Turkish cities.

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