Hapach
 | This article has an unclear citation style. (May 2022) |
| Hapach | |
|---|---|
| King of the Circassians | |
| Predecessor | Unknown (Known predecessor: Weche) |
| Successor | Rededya |
| Born | c. 900s Zichia |
| Died | c. 900s Zichia |
| Adyghe | ХьэпэкI |
| House | Unknown |
| Religion | Khabzeism or Orthodox Christianity |
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.
Reign
[edit]Life and reign
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ a b Zenkovsky, Sergei A. Medieval Russia’s Cronicles, 58-59
- ^ 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."
- ^ Wars, VIII.4.2
- ^ a b Pritsak 1991, pp. 2226–2227.
Works cited
[edit]- 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.