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(April 2012)| |Ancestral house||Borjigin Dynasty|
|Founding||15th century - Hacı I Giray| The House of Giray
(Crimean Tatar: Geraylar, كرايلر) also Girays1 were the
Genghisid dynasty that reigned in the Khanate of Crimea from its
formation in 1427 until its downfall in 1783. The dynasty also
supplied several khans of Kazan and Astrakhan between 1521 and
1550. Apart from the royal Girays, there was also a lateral
branch, the Choban Girays (Çoban Geraylar). Before reaching the
age of majority, young Girays were brought up in one of the
Circassian tribes, where they were instructed in the arts of
war. The Giray khans were elected by other Crimean Tatar
dynasts, called myrzas (mırzalar). They also elected an heir
apparent, called the qalgha sultan (qalğa sultan). In later
centuries, the Ottoman Sultan obtained the right of installing
and deposing the khans at his will. According to some scholars,
the Girays were regarded as the second family of the Ottom