Atlas of Battles

commander, 5 engagements

Battles of Selim I Giray

Battles of Selim I Giray

khan of the Crimean Khanate, 1631 to 1704

Selim I Giray is recorded as a commander at 5 placed engagements in the atlas between 1662 and 1695: 4 battles and 1 siege across 3 present-day countries, most in Ukraine (3), Poland (1), Romania (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 1,362 km apart end to end, 340 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Polish–Ottoman War of 1672–1676 (3), Russo-Polish War (1), Great Turkish War (1).

Battle of BuzhynSiege of KamenetsBattle of KrasnobródBattle of ŻurawnoBattle of LugosBattle of BuzhynSiege of KamenetsBattle of KrasnobródBattle of ŻurawnoBattle of LugosKyivChișinăuOdessaLvivIașiZhytomyrCluj-NapocaVinnytsyaKhersonTimișoara200 km48.106N, 27.317E
5 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1662: 1 engagements1672: 2 engagements2 in 16721676: 1 engagements1695: 1 engagements16621695
5 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Buzhyn, 1662Siege of Kamenets, 1672Battle of Krasnobród, 1672Battle of Żurawno, 1676Battle of Lugos, 169516621695
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 3

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
1662Battle of BuzhynUkraineCossack–Tatar victory
18 August 1672Siege of KamenetsKamianets-Podilskyi, Ukraine448 km WOttoman victory
5 October 1672Battle of KrasnobródKrasnobród, Poland319 km NWPolish-Cossack victory
25 September 1676Battle of ŻurawnoZhuravno, Ukraine161 km SESee #Aftermath; Treaty of Żurawno
21 September 1695Battle of LugosLugoj, Romania433 km SWOttoman victory

Sources and method

Commanders come from the commander fields of the English Wikipedia infoboxes of these engagements (CC BY-SA 4.0), resolved to one article each; portrait, dates and description from Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons, Johann Hofmann, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.