Hayder of Crimea

Hayder Khan Girai, Hayder (Crimean Tatar: Hayder, حيدر‎) (d. about 1487) was a Crimean Khan in 1456, and a son of Hacı I Giray.

In 1456, he rebelled against his father and occupied the throne for a short time until the failure of the rebellion.

During the reign of his brother, Meñli I Giray, Hayder was captured and imprisoned in the Genoese fortress of Soldaia. After the Ottoman conquest of Crimea, Hayder fled to Kiev in the Polish Kingdom. In about 1479, he moved to Muscovy under protection of the grand duke Ivan III, who later banished Hayder to exile to Northern Muscovy (for reasons that remain unknown).

He died about 1487 in Beloozero, Vologda oblast.

Preceded by
Hacı I Giray
Khan of Crimea
1456
Succeeded by
Hacı I Giray
Khans of Crimea
15th century
  • Hacı I Giray
  • Hayder
  • Nur Devlet
  • Meñli I Giray
16th century
  • Mehmed I Giray
  • Ğazı I Giray
  • Saadet I Giray
  • İslâm I Giray
  • Sahib I Giray
  • Devlet I Giray
  • Mehmed II Giray
  • İslâm II Giray
  • Saadet II Giray
  • Ğazı II Giray
  • Fetih I Giray
17th century
  • Toqtamış Giray
  • Selâmet I Giray
  • Canibek Giray
  • Mehmed III Giray
  • İnayet Giray
  • Bahadır I Giray
  • Mehmed IV Giray
  • İslâm III Giray
  • Adil Giray
  • Selim I Giray
  • Murad Giray
  • Hacı II Giray
  • Saadet III Giray
  • Safa Giray
  • Devlet II Giray
18th century
  • Ğazı III Giray
  • Qaplan I Giray
  • Devlet III Giray
  • Saadet IV Giray
  • Meñli II Giray
  • Fetih II Giray
  • Selâmet II Giray
  • Selim II Giray
  • Arslan Giray
  • Halim Giray
  • Qırım Giray
  • Selim III Giray
  • Maqsud Giray
  • Devlet IV Giray
  • Qaplan II Giray
  • Sahib II Giray
  • Şahin Giray
  • Bahadır II Giray
Khan topics
Crimean Khanate
Giray dynasty