Toqtamış Giray[n 1] (1589–1608, reigned 1607–1608) ruled briefly as khan of the Crimean Khanate.
By custom, when a khan died power passed to his eldest surviving brother and then to his son.
The clan leaders declared the new khan and then requested confirmation from the Ottoman sultan, who sometimes made another choice.
Further, Sultan Murad III (1574–1595) had promised that the khanship would go to Gazi's son, in accordance with Ottoman custom.
While crossing the Southern Bug he met Mehmed and a group of janissaries who were travelling overland to Crimea.