Specific Works Related to the History of Crimean Khanate and a New Source: Tarih-i Mevkufati

Khanate of Crimea was the longest lived Turkish state in the north of the Black Sea after the collapse of the Golden Horde. Major works about the history of the Crimean Khanate are Abdulgaffar Kırımî’s Umdet’ül Ahbar, Seyyid Mehmed Rıza’s Es-Seb’üs Seyyar Fi Ahbar-ı Müluk-ut Tatar, Abdullah bin Rıdvan’s Tevarih-i Deşt-i Kıpçak, Halim Giray’s Gülbün-ü Hanan, Kefevi İbrahim Efendi’s Tevarih-i Tatar Han ve Dağıstan ve Moskov ve Deşt-i Kıpçak Ülkelerinindir, Kırımlı Hacı Mehmed Senai’s Üçüncü İslam Giray Han Tarihi, Said Giray’s Tarih-i Said Giray; Mehmed Giray bin Mübarek Giray’s Târih-i Mehmed Giray and Kaysunizade Remmal Hoca’s Târih-i Sahip Giray Han. Some of these works are corcerned with a specific period of the chanate and some of these concerned with the entire history of the Crimean Chanate. As a new source, Mevkufati Mehmed Efendi’s Tarih-i Mevkufati must be evaluated with these works.

Keywords

Khanate Of Crimea, Golden Horde, Black Sea, Tatar, Nogai.