Akhmet Bey Khunkalov (Member of the Crimean Tatar Elite)

Title:

Akhmet Bey Khunkalov

Subject:

Tavrida noble register entry

Rank:

Major General and Cavalier

Year of Inscription:

1835

Inscription Note:

Inscribed in part 3 of the rodoslovnaia kniga (reserved for those who attained civil rank of 8 or higher) despite presenting evidence of descent from a princely clan.

Birth Date:

1771

Family & Background:

Aged 64, married, without (male) children. Claimed membership in a Cherkess princely clan.

Service Record:

Akhmet Bey entered service as a sergeant in 1784. Prince Potemkin made him adjutant in November 1787, and he rose to lieutenant in 1790, rotmistr in the Crimean Tatar division in 1790, and major by May 1796.

Residence & Property:

Resided in the town of Bakhchesaray. Owned no peasants but did own farmland and hayfields.

Correlations

Item: Megmet Bey Seliametov Khunkalov belongs to the same clan as This Item

Citation

“Akhmet Bey Khunkalov,” Beautiful Spaces, accessed March 1, 2026, https://beautifulspaces.omeka.fas.harvard.edu/item/270.