Megmetcha Bey Kantakuzin (Member of the Crimean Tatar Elite)

Title:

Megmetcha Bey Kantakuzin

Subject:

Tavrida noble register entry

Rank:

Captain; State Councillor and Cavalier

Year of Inscription:

1815

Inscription Note:

In 1848 inscribed in part 3 of the rodoslovnaia kniga (reserved for those who attained civil rank of 8 or higher).

Family & Background:

[no notation]

Service Record:

Megmetcha Bey was a commander in the army of Şahin Giray Khan and then a Lieutenant Colonel in the Russian army. Potemkin named him chief of the 6 Crimean Tatar divisions first, and then, with the rank of Colonel (1794), of the Tatar regiments. He was elected to represent the nobility of Tavrida Province at the coronation of Alexander I in 1801.

Residence & Property:

[no notation]

Correlations

This Item owner of Item: Sultan Sala
This Item owner of Item: Kokkoz
This Item owner of Item: Cherkezlik
This Item owner of Item: Burulch

Citation

“Megmetcha Bey Kantakuzin,” Beautiful Spaces, accessed March 2, 2026, https://beautifulspaces.omeka.fas.harvard.edu/item/267.