# Tugay Bey

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{{Short description|Military leader and politician of the Crimean Tatars (1601–1651)}}
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| name            = Togay Bey
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| image           = Tuhaj Bej.jpg
| caption         = Toğay Bey, by [Jan Matejko](/source/Jan_Matejko)
| order           = Or Bey
| monarch         = [İslâm III Giray](/source/%C4%B0sl%C3%A2m_III_Giray)
| term_start      = 1644
| term_end        = June 1651
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| birth_name      = Arğın Doğan Toğay
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| death_date      = June 1651
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| data1           = [Argyns](/source/Argyns)
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| allegiance      = [Crimean Khanate](/source/Crimean_Khanate)
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| battles         = {{Tree list}}
* [Crimean–Nogai slave raids in Eastern Europe](/source/Crimean%E2%80%93Nogai_slave_raids_in_Eastern_Europe)
** [Battle of Ochmatów](/source/Battle_of_Ochmat%C3%B3w_(1644))
* [Khmelnytsky Uprising](/source/Khmelnytsky_Uprising)
** [Khmelnytsky's campaign](/source/Khmelnytsky's_campaign_of_1648)
*** [Battle of Zhovti Vody](/source/Battle_of_Zhovti_Vody)
*** [Battle of Korsuń](/source/Battle_of_Korsu%C5%84)
*** [Battle of Pyliavtsi](/source/Battle_of_Pyliavtsi)
** [Battle of Berestechko](/source/Battle_of_Berestechko){{KIA}}

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'''Mirza Tughai Bey''', '''Tuhay Bey''' ({{langx|crh|Toğay bey}}; {{langx|pl|Tuhaj-bej}}; {{langx|ru|Тугай-бей|Tugay-bey}}; died June 1651),  also spelled '''Togay Bey''', was a notable military leader and politician of the [Crimean Tatars](/source/Crimean_Tatars).

==Biography==
Toğay descended from the [Arğıns](/source/Argyns) - one of noble Crimean families, and his full name is ''Arğın Doğan Toğay bey'' (Arhyn Dohan Tohai bei). "[Bey](/source/Bey)" is actually a title, which he received on becoming the chief of [Or Qapı](/source/Or_Qap%C4%B1) ([Perekop](/source/Perekop)) ''[sanjak](/source/sanjak)'', an important position in the [Crimean Khanate](/source/Crimean_Khanate), since the [Isthmus of Perekop](/source/Isthmus_of_Perekop) is the neck to [Crimean Peninsula](/source/Crimean_Peninsula) and was crucial to its defense.

Tuhay Bey became the bey of [Or Qapı](/source/Or_Qap%C4%B1) sometime between 1642 and 1644, an important position of the [Crimean Khanate](/source/Crimean_Khanate) who was in charge of Or Qapı fortress - the gateway to the peninsula. By 1644 he had enough authority for the [Khan](/source/Khan_(title)) of Crimea to entrust to him leadership of the major Tatar expedition against Poland. However, Tuhay Bey's army was intercepted by the Polish army under [hetman](/source/hetman) [Koniecpolski](/source/Stanis%C5%82aw_Koniecpolski) before reaching the densely populated regions of Ukraine and defeated in the [First Battle of Okhmativ](/source/Battle_of_Ochmat%C3%B3w_(1644)).

In 1648, he brought an army (estimated 6,000–20,000) to help [Bohdan Khmelnytsky](/source/Bohdan_Khmelnytsky) during the [Cossack uprising](/source/Khmelnytsky_Uprising) against the [Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth](/source/Polish%E2%80%93Lithuanian_Commonwealth). There he took part in several important battles and was eventually killed during the [Battle of Berestechko](/source/Battle_of_Berestechko).<ref>Podhorodecki, page 193</ref><ref>Serczyk, page 339</ref>

He was portrayed in the Polish novel and film ''[With Fire and Sword](/source/With_Fire_and_Sword)''. In the film, he was played by [Daniel Olbrychski](/source/Daniel_Olbrychski). In his third novel, ''[Pan Wołodyjowski](/source/Pan_Wo%C5%82odyjowski)'', Henryk Sienkiewicz introduced a fictional character - Tuhay Bey's son - [Azja](/source/Azja_Tuhajbejowicz). He was played by [Daniel Olbrychski](/source/Daniel_Olbrychski) in the 1969 film adaptation ''[Colonel Wolodyjowski](/source/Colonel_Wolodyjowski)''.

<gallery class="center">
File:Matejko_Khmelnytsky_with_Tugay_Bey.jpg|An imagined painting of " [Bohdan Khmelnytsky](/source/Bohdan_Khmelnytsky) with Tuhay Bey at [Lviv](/source/Lviv)", oil on canvas by [Jan Matejko](/source/Jan_Matejko), 1885.
File:Spotkanie z Tuhaj Bejem 2.jpg|Tugai Bey leads the [Tatar](/source/Tatars) cavalry.
</gallery>

==References==
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==Bibliography==
* [Podhorodecki, L.](/source/Leszek_Podhorodecki) ''Chanat krymski i jego stosunki z Polską w 15-18 w''. Warsaw, 1987.
* Serczyk, W.A. ''Na płonącej Ukrainie. Dzieje Kozaczyzny 1648-1651''. Warsaw, 1998.
* Holobutsky, V. ''Zaporizhian Cossackdom''. "Vyshcha shkola". Kyiv, 1994. {{ISBN|5-11-003970-4}} (http://litopys.org.ua/holob/hol.htm)

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Category:Crimean Tatar politicians
Category:People from the Crimean Khanate
Category:People of the Khmelnytsky Uprising

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