Crimean–Circassian War (1479)

Crimean-Circassian War (1479-1490)
	Part of Crimean-Circassian Wars
Date	1479–1490
Location	Crimea, Circassia
Result	Crimean victory
Belligerents
Crimean Khanate	Kabardia (East Circassia); Zichia
Commanders and leaders
Mengli I Giray	Tabulda; Peterzeqo (Petrezok)
Strength
unknown	unknown
Casualties and losses
unknown	2m

The Crimean-Circassian Wars of 1479–1490 were a series of military conflicts between the Crimean Khanate and the Kabardian Principality.^[1]^[2]

History

In 1479, a campaign of the Crimean Tatars took place on the lands of the Circassians. They outnumbered the Kabardians and captured the fortresses of Kopa and Anapa, where many Turkish garrisons were left. Some Circassians were captured and sold into slavery meanwhile others kept on fighting.^[1]

At the very beginning of the 1490s, the Crimean Khan Mengli Gerai undertook a campaign against the Circassians. This was the first campaign of the Crimean khans in a series of numerous campaigns against the tribes of the Circassians, Circassians and Kabardians in order to conquer and subdue them.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b Крымско-ногайские набеги на Кабарду
^ ^a ^b Мальбахов Б. К. "Кабарда на этапах политической истории (середина XVI — первая четверть XIX века), Москва, из-во «Поматур», 2002 г. ISBN 5-86208-106-2, ст. 212

[:0-1] Крымско-ногайские набеги на Кабарду

[:1-2] Мальбахов Б. К. "Кабарда на этапах политической истории (середина XVI — первая четверть XIX века), Москва, из-во «Поматур», 2002 г. ISBN 5-86208-106-2, ст. 212

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