Draft:Circassian raids on Crimean Tatars and Nogais

Circassian raids on Crimean Tatars and Nogais
Part of Circassian-Turkic conflict
Date1498-1769
Location
Crimean Khanate, Nogai uluses
Result

Circassian victory

  • Removal of a large number of slaves and loot.
Belligerents
Circassia Circassia

Autonomous Republic of Crimea Crimean Khanate

Golden Horde
Nogai Horde
Ottoman Empire Ottoman Empire
Karachay
Balkars Balkar
Commanders and leaders
Temruk
Kurgoqo Atajuq
Qeytuqo Aslanbech
Qasey Atajuq
Mengli Gerai
Mehmed Geray
Sheikh Ahmed
Qasim Khan
Murad Geray
Selim I Gerai
Strength
from 10,000 to 70,000 from 10,000 to 300,000
Casualties and losses
a small number of dead a large number of dead and the theft of a large number of slaves and loot

Chronology of raids

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XV century

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Year Description
1498, 1499 The disastrous expeditions of the Great Horde to the Great Horde.

“...the Circassian came to Great Horde, and they beat Great Horde a lot of good. And the king of Dei Maahmat cannot live under Circassian, he dei... is thinking of going to this side of Don.”[1]

XVI century

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Year Description
1500 In 1500, the Khan Sheikh-Ahmed, who replaced Sayyid-Muhammad, appealed to Mengli-Giray with a request to allow him to go with the Horde to the Dnieper, since beyond the Don "it is not good for us to roam, many make battles with us from Nagai and Cherkasy".[2]
1501 In the spring, Circassians defeated the Kaffa beylerbey.[3]
1519 Circassians was defeated by the Kalga Bahadyr Giray.[4]
1522 The Crimean Khan Muhammad Giray, died in the war "with the Circassians and Dadians".[5]
1523 Siege of Bakhchysarai (the capital of the Crimean Khanate) by the Kabardian cavalry led by Talostan Dzhankhotov. Crimean Khan was forced to sue for peace and pay Kabardians a large tribute.[6]
1532 Circassians captured Astrakhan with a fight, overthrew khan Qasim and enthroned Ak-Kubek].[7]
1546, Circassians recaptured Astrakhan, drove away Ak-Kubek and put on the Khan's throne another of their protégés, Yamgurchi, who could not stay in power for a long time.[8]
1556 Circassians captured two Turkish cities Temryuk and Taman.[9]
1560-1561 Circassians make a number of raids on Crimean Khanate.[6]
1570 Kabardians Temryuk Idar came to the aid of Abazins who were fighting against Crimeans.[3]
1572 Circassians made a military raid on the Ottoman coast: "Circassians, arriving on 24 ships, burned and destroyed all the settlements of the coast 300 miles from here, ravaged Turkish vineyards and killed many people, and took women captive, taking away all property and goods, as a result of which they fear that they will come to this city."[10]

XVII century

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Year Description
1615 The settlements of the Kazyev (Nogaev]) were attacked and plundered by Circassians.[11]
1619 Nogais were ready to fight Besleney, Zhaneyevs and Temirgoits.[3]
1630 The ruler of Little Kabarda Sholokh Tapsarukov at the head of his detachments attacked the Nogai nomadic camps, ravaging the camps and stealing cattle.[12]
1630 Mutsal Cherkassky with his regiment, consisting of 1200 Kabardins and Terek Cossacks , made a raid on the Nogai uluses near Azov. He did not besiege the heavily fortified Azov, but ravaged the large Nogai ulus on the Ee River murza Shantemir. The victors captured up to 7 thousand prisoners, up to 6 thousand cows and 2 thousand sheep.[13]
1670 Circassians led by Prince Kaitukin invaded Crimea, which they left only after the total plunder of the entire peninsula.[6]
1672-1673, 1675 The leader of the Cherkesov Kasbulat Circassian in alliance with the Zaporozhian Cossacks also launched a series of attacks on Crimea, from where he withdrew the "Russian polon" and destroyed the "Janissary corps".[14]

Circassian in alliance with Kalmyks smashes the uluses of the Nogai mirza of Karakasai.[15]

Circassian organizes a new campaign against Crimea, where he invades at the head of a detachment of several thousand horsemen, the backbone of which was 800 Kabardian armorers.[16]

The horsemen Circassian crossed Syvash and at "dawn they beat the Crimean uluses". The detachment was returning through Perekop, where a battle took place during the breakthrough from the Crimea to the steppe: "Three Crimean sultans with warriors came to us ... and we gave them a fight and beat them."[17]

XVIII century

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Year Description
1711 Kabardians defeated the army of the Kalga Sultan Murad-Girei.[6]
1721 Arslan bey Kaytukin raids Nogais.[18]
1734 in Little Kabarda a major battle took place between Russians and Kabardins, on the one hand, and the Ottoman-Tatar army, on the other hand. At the same time, Kalmyks also took the side of the latter. The Russians retreated, but the Kabardian cavalry, led by Mohammed Kurgoko, defeated the Crimeans and took the polon from the Grebensky stanitsa.[19]
1738 Circassians smash the Tatar detachments led by Feti Giray, reinforced by the Nogais of Musa Mirza and the remnants of the troops of Navruz Ulu.[20]
1739 Another battle took place between Crimeans and Circassians, on the Labe river. Circassians, led by Kabardin Prince Kaituko, defeated the army of Kalgi Sultan Kazi-Giray: "... those Tatars were defeated and driven away; many were beaten to death and taken in full, and Saltan Kazi-Giray was beaten to death wounded."[21]
1746 Khan Selim-Giray in a letter to the ataman of the Don army D. Yefremov complains: ".. For a year now, there have been raids on the Khanate from the side of bzhedugs."[22]
1769 Crimean troops under the command of the Khan Kerim Giray and Kuban serasker Kazy Giray entered the region of Pyatigorye. Circassian is crushed by the Tatar troops "at the Beshtoe Mountains".[6]

Results

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During the Circassian raids, Nogai and Crimean nomads suffered greatly, as well as Ottoman fortresses, many people were taken into slavery, and other loot was exported. All these raids caused significant damage To the Crimean Khanate and Nogais.

References

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  2. ^ [Monuments of diplomatic relations of the Moscow state with the Crimean and Nagai hordes and with Turkey. Volume 1 (Collection of the Imperial Russian Historical Society, Volume 41). St. Petersburg, 1884]
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  16. ^ [RGADA, f. Kalmyk Affairs. 3, p. 184. (KRO. V.1, P. 342)]
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