Note 65 — Chapter IV · BAKTCHÉSERAI AND TCHOUFOUT KALEH.
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Kirkor is first mentioned by Abulfeda (1341), under the name of Kerkri, and he says it was then inhabited by the As. Kerkor was probably the capital of the Khans of Crimea from about 1400 to 1480 A.D.—Dubois’ Voyage, &c., vol. vi. p. 343.
In 1396 “the Khan of Kirkel” is found fighting on the banks of the Don, against Vitort, Grand Duke of Lithuania. Pallas and Clarke think the Genoese possessed this place, as well as Mangoup and Eski Crim, but Dubois doubts this fact.