traditional crimean tatars culture

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"The Fountain of Tears", was founded under the khan Qırım Geray's order in 1764. Lithography by V. Passek: "Fountain of tears in Bakhchisarai", 1840.

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Khan's breastplate for shaving (photo 1880). Disappeared from the museum.

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Bakhchisaray Palace in 1840-1842 by italian painter Carlo Bossoli

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Bakhchysarai (qt. bağça - garden, saray - palace) is the capital of Crimean Khanate

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The Small Khan Mosque (Kiçik Han Cami) is located in the main building and was designed for members of the Khan's family and important dignitaries. Construction of the small mosque dates back to the 16th century, and paintings in the mosque are from the 17th and 18th centuries

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III İslam Geray was a khan of the Crimean Khanate in 1644–1654 . Son of the crimean khan Selamet I Geray.

In 1648 allied with Zaporozhian Cossack leader Bohdan Khmelnytsky in his revolt against the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. In 1654 after the Treaty of Pereyaslav, he switched sides and allied with Poland against the Tsardom of Russia.