title: Political Activity of Nur-Devlet in the Crimean and Qasim Khanates
abstract: The article presents the political activity of Nur-Devlet&nbsp;– the Crimean and Qasim Khan. His image in the Crimean chronicles and in the contemporaries’ correspondence is analyzed. It has been suggested that before the enthronement, Nur-Devlet killed his older brother Devlet-Yar. The concepts of duumvirate in the Crimean Khanate and dating of Nur-Devlet’s second reign in 1477 are further developed. The key aspects of the khan’s foreign and internal policy are defined. The reasons that twice l
journal: The World of the Orient