Crimean-Circassian War (1569)
| Crimean-Circassian War (1569) | |||||||||
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| Part of Crimean-Circassian Wars | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
 Crimean Khanate Ottoman Empire |
 Kabardia (East Circassia) | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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Devlet I Giray |
Temroqwa Idar | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
| 100,000-130,000[1] | 3,000-5,000 | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
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15,000-20,000 killed 8,000-10,000 captured |
500 killed 1,000 wounded | ||||||||
The Crimean-Circassian Wars of 1569 was a military conflict between the Crimean Khanate and the Kabardian Principality.[2]
History
[edit]After the complete defeat of the Turkish-Crimean troops near Astrakhan in 1569, the remnants of the Ottoman and Crimean Tatar armies began to retreat along the so-called "Kabardian road" leading through the Caucasus. Exhausted and demoralized troops hoped to return to the Crimea, but Circassians, warlike mountaineers who knew these territories well, stood in their way.[3]
Circassian detachments, skillfully using their knowledge of the terrain and combat experience in mountainous conditions, staged a series of ambushes on weakened Ottoman-Crimean soldiers. Despite the numerical advantage of the enemy at the beginning of the campaign, after the defeat at Astrakhan, the Turkish-Crimean forces were significantly weakened, which gave the Circassians the opportunity to deliver a decisive blow. [4]
The Circassians not only defeated a significant part of the army, but also captured prisoners en masse, which led to the final collapse of the campaign and huge losses for the Ottoman-Crimean forces.[2][5]
References
[edit]- ^ মধ্যযুগের মুসলিম ইতিহাস (আশরাফউদ্দিন আহমেদ), অটোমান তুর্কি সাম্রাজ্য, পৃ. ২৭৫
- ^ a b Мальбахов Б. К. "Кабарда на этапах политической истории (середина XVI — первая четверть XIX века), Москва, из-во «Поматур», 2002 г. ISBN 5-86208-106-2, ст. 212
- ^ Семена, Елизарьева. «Речи» (in Russian Language). p. 157.
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- ^ Тарановский, А. История о приходе турецкаго и татарскаго воинства под Астрахань (in Russian language). p. 485.
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