title: Chapter Two. On The East European Chessboard. The Crimean Khanate And Poland-Lithuania In The Years 1523–1671
abstract: Saadet Giray promptly notified the Polish court of his accession, expressing his wish to maintain the ancient friendship. Yet, the internal crisis in the Crimea encouraged Sigismund to reverse his policy. In the last years of Saadet Girays reign, the Crimean Khanate was in fact divided. In the summer of 1533, Safa and Islam Girays raided the areas of Kasimov and Perejaslavl Rjazanskij. Sahib Giray proudly informed Sigismund about this anti-Muscovian raid, demanding that in return the king should