Kabardian Civil War (1562–1567)
| Kabardian Civil War (1562–1567) | |||||||||
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| Part of Central Caucasus Crisis and Internal Wars in Kabardia | |||||||||
Subjugation of Pro-Crimean princes in Kabardia by Temryuk Idar | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
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Idarey Faction Greater Kabardia (Pricipality of Idarey)Lesser Kabardia (Talostaney) Supported by: Tsardom of Russia Don Cossacks |
Pshiapshiqo Faction Principality of PshiapshiqoBiyarslan clan Supported by: Crimean Khanate Ottoman Empire Lesser Nogai Horde | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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Temryuk Idar Mamstruk Cherkasy Tepsaruqo Talostan Ivan Dashkov Grigory Pleshcheyev |
Shiapshoqo Qeytuqo Aslanbech I Qeytuqo Jansokh Qeytuqo Devlet I Giray Selim II | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
| 1000+ Kabardian, Russian, and Cossack forces | Unknown | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| Unknown, possibly minimal | Heavy, many prisoners taken and considerable booty captured | ||||||||
The Kabardian Civil War (1562–1567) was a internal feudal conflict between the Pro-Muscovite Idarey Faction led by the famous Kabardian prince Temryuk Idar and the Pro-Ottoman/Crimean Pshiapshiqo Faction led by Pshiapshiqo Qeytuqo allied with the Karachay-Balkar Biyarslan clan.