Crimean–Circassian War (1479)
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| Crimean-Circassian War (1479-1490) | |||||||
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| Part of Crimean-Circassian Wars | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Crimean Khanate |
 Kabardia (East Circassia)Zichia | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Mengli I Giray |
Tabulda Peterzeqo (Petrezok) | ||||||
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| unknown | unknown | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| unknown | unknown | ||||||
The Crimean-Circassian Wars of 1479–1490 were a series of military conflicts between the Crimean Khanate and the Kabardian Principality.[1][2]
History
[edit]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]