Megmet Bey Seliametov Khunkalov (Member of the Crimean Tatar Elite)

Title:

Megmet Bey Seliametov Khunkalov

Subject:

Tavrida noble register entry

Rank:

[Father held rank of Captain.]

Year of Inscription:

1837

Inscription Note:

Inscribed in part 3 of the rodoslovnaia kniga (reserved for those who attained civil rank of 8 or higher).

Birth Date:

1816

Family & Background:

Megmet Bey was 20 years old and married to Kokmen Hanim at the time of inscription into the noble register. "His father, Seliamet Bey, descended from the Crimean Beys". According to the metrical register of the Tavrida Muslim Spiritual Assembly Megmet was born to Seliamet's legal wife, Nika.

Service Record:

Megmet Bey's father attained the rank of Titular Councillor in 1796. In 1807 he took command of the Perekop Tatar Regiment with the rank of esaul. He earned the Order of St. Anna, 3rd degree and 4th degree, in battle in November 1812.

Residence & Property:

Megmet Bey owned farmland and hayfields. He resided in Simferopol uezd.

Correlations

This Item belongs to the same clan as Item: Akhmet Bey Khunkalov

Citation

“Megmet Bey Seliametov Khunkalov,” Beautiful Spaces, accessed March 1, 2026, https://beautifulspaces.omeka.fas.harvard.edu/item/271.