Aledjuq of Hatuqay
Aledjuq | |
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| Джанбэч ыкъо Алэджыкъу | |
| Prince of the Hatuqay | |
| In office 16th century | |
| Personal details | |
| Parent | Janbech (father) |
| Relatives | Antenuq (brother) |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Principality of Hatuqay Ottoman Empire (1578–1590) |
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Aledjuq, son of Janbech (Adyghe: Джанбэч ыкъо Алэджыкъу; also known as Elyok) was a 16th-century Circassian prince and military leader of the Principality of Hatuqay. Led by him, the Hatuqay resisted the Crimean Khanate during the 1550s. He also later participated in the Ottoman–Safavid War (1578–1590).