Hapach (Adyghe: ХьэпэкI) was a king of Circassia (Zichia) in the 900s.[1][2] Not much is known about Hapach's life or much of his reign.

Hapach
King of the Circassians
PredecessorUnknown (Known predecessor: Weche)
SuccessorRededya
Bornc. 900s
Zichia
Diedc. 900s
Zichia
AdygheХьэпэкI
HouseUnknown
ReligionKhabzeism or Orthodox Christianity

Reign

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Life and reign

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Not much is known about Hapach's life or much of his reign, only that he, with his army of horsemen and allied principalities, attacked Sarkel, a city of the Khazars, in the 900s. The Khazar army was defeated and the Sarkel prince and his surviving army were imprisoned.[1][2]

Borders

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The exact borders of the kingdom during his reign is also unknown. In historical sources, the area first appears in the 6th century, when the Byzantine historian Procopius of Caesarea[3] records that the people of the Zechoi used to have a king appointed by the Roman Emperor, but that they had since become independent.[4] The Notitiae Episcopatuum of the Patriarchate of Constantinople mention an autocephalous archbishopric of Zichia from the 7th century on, associated with Tamatarcha or the Cimmerian Bosporus.[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b Zenkovsky, Sergei A. Medieval Russia’s Cronicles, 58-59
  2. ^ a b D, S. Çerkes Krallar, Hükümdarlar "The leader of the Circassian tribes, Hapach, with his army of horsemen and allied principalities, attacked Sarkel, a city of the Khazars. The Khazar army was defeated and the Sarkel prince and his surviving army were shackled by their feet and imprisoned."
  3. ^ Wars, VIII.4.2
  4. ^ a b Pritsak 1991, pp. 2226–2227.

Works cited

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  • Pritsak, Omeljan (1991). "Zichia". In Kazhdan, Alexander (ed.). The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 2226–2227. ISBN 0-19-504652-8.