Khan Giray Shah in Arabic / Zarb Baghche-Saray, date and regnal year below (frozen date 1191 AH = 1776 AD, regnal year 1 = 1776 AD). Baghche Saray mint. 19mmx17mm, 1.49 grams. cf. Zeno 87947; KM #16 (priced at 50$ in Good to 235$ in VF); Retowski #42.

Exceptional quality for this crude type.

Sahin Giray was the last Khan of the Jochid Mongols in Krym. He was born in 1745 in Edirne. He studied in Greece and also in Venice. In 1776, Sahin Giray succeeded his uncle to become Khan of . During his brief reign he embarked on a program to re-build and modernize the  Khanate. Eventually under enormous pressure from Russian and facing the inevitability of defeat, he agreed to a Russian offer to incorporate the khanate in to the Russian Empire. Following this he was compelled to move to Saint Petersburg where he lived under house arrest.