Mehmed III Giray

Mehmed III Giray
Khan of the Tatar Crimean Khanate
Reign1623–1628
PredecessorCanibek Giray
SuccessorCanibek Giray
Born1584
Died1629
DynastyGiray dynasty
ReligionIslam

Mehmed III Giray (1584–1629, reigned 1623–1628) was a khan of the Crimean Khanate. Much of his life was spent in conflict with nearly everyone around him. Part of the trouble was caused by his over-aggressive brother Shahin Giray. His reign was marked by an unsuccessful Turkish attempt to expel him and by the first treaty between Crimea and the Zaporozhian Cossacks. He was driven out by the Turks in 1628 and died trying to regain his throne.

His name in Crimean Tatar is (Crimean Tatar: III Mehmed Geray, ٣محمد كراى‎).