Research Article

“Prince of Circassia”: Sefer Bey Zanuko and the Circassian Struggle for Independence

Volume: 1 Number: 1 September 19, 2015
  • Yahya Khoon
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“Prince of Circassia”: Sefer Bey Zanuko and the Circassian Struggle for Independence

Abstract

Prince Sefer Bey Zanuko (d.1860) was probably the most famous and well documented Circassian leader during the war against Russia in the first half of the nineteenth century. Nevertheless, no thorough research has been carried out on him. This article deals with Sefer Bey's crucial role in guiding, assisting and leading the Circassian resistance to the Russian conquest of the Northwest Caucasus in the nineteenth century and sheds new light on a topic that has been almost completely neglected in Western research so far.   

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English

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Research Article

Authors

Yahya Khoon This is me

Publication Date

September 19, 2015

Submission Date

November 21, 2015

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Year 2015 Volume: 1 Number: 1

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Khoon, Yahya. “‘Prince of Circassia’: Sefer Bey Zanuko and the Circassian Struggle for Independence”. Kafkasya Çalışmaları, vol. 1, no. 1, Sept. 2015, pp. 69-92, doi:10.21488/jocas.70395.

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