Battle of Afips (1570)
| Crimean-Circassian War (1570) | |||||||
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| Part of Crimean–Circassian wars | |||||||
A view of the Afips river in 2007 | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Crimean Khanate | |||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Devlet I Giray Adil Giray |
Baazitsky Temryuk Idar (DOW) Idar Tambiev Kaidak Etlukhov Mamstruk (POW) Beberyuk (POW) | ||||||
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Low estimates:~20,000 High estimates:130,000+ | Large but less | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| Very heavy | Very heavy | ||||||
The Battle of Afips River was a military conflict between the Crimean Khanate against the Kabardian Principality and Western Circassia, during which the famous Kabardian prince Temryuk Idar died Temryuk was later succeeded by Shiapshuk