Sultan Arslan Giray

Member of the Russian-Turkish war (1787-1791) . In March 1789, the Kuban seraskir Arslan-Girey gathered a militia from the peoples “ beyond the Laba dwelling ” in support of the Turkish troops.

In February 1790, his son Sultan Mengli-Girey moved with part of the Nogai clans (Navruzites) to Russian citizenship. He was sent to Petersburg , and in 1798 he was given the rank of colonel .

After the Russo-Turkish war, most of the Zakuban Nogais were transferred to the Russian side, and the Kuban seraskir Arslan-Girey claimed his rights. At first he tried to return the Navruzites and in 1792 persuaded them to escape to the Kuban, but having not succeeded in this, he decided to relocate himself in order to “ manage their affairs according to their custom ”. In 1798, he asked for permission to live " between the Nogai Tatars living on Kuma and near the Beshtovy Mountains, with the assignment of them to his superiors ."

Then Arslan-Girey appealed to the government with a request to give him special lands and move all the Nogais and Abazins living in Pyatigory to him , and most importantly, about " honoring him over his people ... with the rank of seraskir ." However, the Russian authorities did not forget his loyal service to the Ottoman Empire. The commander of the Caucasian line, Lieutenant General K.F. Knorring, refused him the rank of seraskir, which did not correspond to the Russian government, and Arslan-Girey remained with the Nogai-Mansurovites in the Trans-Kuban region.

His sons are Sultan Mengli-Giray , Sultan Azamat-Giray, Sultan Maksiud-Giray and Sultan of Bakhty-Giray.

• Kipkeeva Z. B. “The North Caucasus in the Russian Empire: Peoples, Migration, Territories”, Stavropol, 2008 ISBN 5-88648-599-6