Kashkatau War

Crimean–Kabardian War (1720–1726)
Part of Crimean–Circassian wars
Date1720–1726
Location
Kabardia (Circassia)
Result Kabardian (Kashkatau party) victory
Belligerents

Kashkatau party

  • Qeytuqo dynasty
  • Bekmirza dynasty

Crimean Khanate
Nogai Horde
Baksan party

  • Misost dynasty
  • Hatokhshoqo dynasty
Commanders and leaders
Aslanbech Qeytuqo
Bekmirza princes		 Saadat II Giray
Salikh-Giray Sultan
Islambek Misost
Strength
~20,000 ~40,000[1]
Casualties and losses
Unknown Heavy

Crimean–Kabardian War (1720–1726) was a military conflict between the Crimean Khanate and the Kabardian Principality, complicated by internal strife between the Kashkatau and Baksan parties of Kabardian nobility.[2][3][4][5][6]

History

In 1720, Saadat II Giray invaded Kabarda with 40,000 troops, demanding allegiance to the Ottoman Empire and Crimean Khanate, 4,000 jasyrs, and restitution for past losses. Pro-Crimean princes capitulated, while Kashkatau party leaders fortified Cherek Fortress.[7]

By January 1721, Aslanbech Qeytuqo’s forces defeated the Crimean Tatars and their Baksan allies at the Nalchik River.[8] Russia sent Artemy Volynsky to mediate, temporarily restoring peace.

From 1722 to 1724, conflicts continued. Aslanbech Qeytuqo allied with Mengli II Giray, new Khan, against the Baksan faction, but local Kabardian resistance remained strong.[9]

By 1725–1726, Baksan party leaders Islambek Misost and the Hatokhshoqo princes capitulated to Bakhte-Giray and Aslanbech Qeytuqo. Kabardia achieved a Kabardian victory over the Crimean Khanate and pro-Crimean Kabardians, Baksan party.[6]

References

  1. ^ Malbakhov B. K. "Kabarda at the Stages of Political History (Mid-16th to Early 19th Century)", Moscow, Pomatur Publishing, 2002. ISBN 5-86208-106-2, p. 251
  2. ^ Fidarova, Rita Zelimkhanovna (2008). "Conflict of Princely Coalitions in Kabarda, 1720–1774" (PDF) (in Russian). Institute of Humanities Research, Government of Kabardino-Balkaria and Kabardino-Balkarian Scientific Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences. pp. 23–26. Retrieved 2025-09-06.
  3. ^ Fidarova, Rita Zelimkhanovna (2007). "Conflict of Feudal Factions and Its Influence on the Decline of Kabarda's Independence (1720–1757)". Izvestiya VUZ. North Caucasus Region. Social Sciences. Special Issue (in Russian). ISSN 0321-3056. Retrieved 2025-09-06.
  4. ^ Shumkin, A. V. (2019). Turks of the Central Caucasus in the 16th–18th Centuries (Problems of Ethnic History) (PDF) (in Russian). Chelyabinsk State Institute of Culture. pp. 93–94. ISBN 978-5-94839-705-4.
  5. ^ Naloeva, E. D. (2015). A. S. Mirzoev (ed.). Kabarda in the First Half of the 18th Century: Genesis of the Adyghe Feudal Society and Problems of Socio-Political History (PDF) (in Russian). Printing House OOO "Pechatny Dvor". pp. 54–59. ISBN 978-5-905770-52-4.
  6. ^ a b Bgazhnokov, Barasbi Kh. (2008). Kanjal Battle and Political History of Kabarda in the First Half of the 18th Century: Studies and Materials (PDF) (in Russian). M. & V. Kotlyarov Publishing. pp. 89–93. ISBN 978-5-93680-225-6.
  7. ^ Dzamikhov, K. F. (2008). Adygi: Milestones of History (PDF) (in Russian). Elbrus. pp. 215–216. ISBN 978-5-7680-2176-4.
  8. ^ A. Kh. Abazov; Yu. D. Anchabadze; A. V. Kushkhabiev; M. M. Pashtova, eds. (2022). Adygi: Adygs, Kabardians, Cherkess, Shapsugs (in Russian). Nauka. p. 62. ISBN 978-5-02-040924-8.
  9. ^ Kipkeeva, Z. B. (2017). Descendants of Genghis Khan in the History of the North Caucasus, 18th–19th Centuries (PDF) (in Russian). North-Caucasus Federal University Press. pp. 23–25. ISBN 978-5-9296-0891-9.
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