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GIRAY KHANS: Shahin Giray, 1777-1783, AE ischal (65.67g), Kaffa, AH1191 year 5. VF

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GIRAY KHANS: Shahin Giray, 1777-1783, AE ischal (65.67g), Kaffa, AH1191 year 5. VF
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GIRAY KHANS: Shahin Giray, 1777-1783, AE ischal (65.67g), Kaffa, AH1191 year 5, A-2117, Ret-236/237, Sariev-474, 52mm, toughra reverse, with one knot ornament left and another right of the toughra, struck on a planchet of slightly uneven thickness and with some small casting flaws, VF, RR, ex Dick Nauta Collection.

The ischal, also known as tschal, is a name derived from the Persian word "chahal", meaning "40". The ischal alloy is said to be a billon alloy containing 5% silver, but that has never been verified.

The Giray Khans were the rulers of the Crimean Khanate from 1441 to 1783. The Khanate was also known by following names; Qirim Hanligi, Qirim Yurtu, Great Horde, Desht-i Kipchak, and in old European historiography and geography as Little Tartary or Tartaria Minor. This Crimean Tatar state was the longest-lived of the Turkic khanates that succeeded the empire of the Golden Horde. Established by Haci I Giray in 1441, it was regarded as the direct heir to the Golden Horde and to Desht-i-Kipchak. The Giray Khanate was annexed by Catherine the Great of Russia. On 8 April 1783, in violation of the Treaty of Küçük Kaynarca, Catherine II intervened in the civil war, de facto annexing the whole Crimean Peninsula as the Taurida Governorate.