House of Dipsheu | |
Native Name: | Дыпщэу Лъэпкъ |
Native Name Lang: | Circassian |
Type: | Circassian house of privateer origin |
Coat Of Arms: | Dipsheu Banner.png |
Coat Of Arms Size: | 200px |
Country: | (formerly) (formerly) Mountainous Republic of the Northern Caucasus (formerly) (formerly) Turkey |
Etymology: | Dipsheu (Дыпщэу) meaning "our Psheu" in Ubykh dialect of Circassian |
Origin: | Psheu valley, Ubykhia, Circassia (present-day Psou River, Krasnodar Krai, Russia and northwesternmost Abkhazia) |
House of Dipsheu (also referred to as Dipshow or Psheu) (uby|Дыпщэу Лъэпкъ, ru|Дипшов, tr|Dipşov Ailesi) is a Circassian privateer house of Ubykhia of Circassia, who controlled the entirety of Psou River until the end of Russo-Circassian War. They were known for their privateer activities along the Black Sea coast of Circassia.[1] They are found in Adygea and Krasnodar Krai within Russian Federation; as well as in Republic of Turkey due to Circassian Genocide in the present day.
Dipsheu means "our Psheu" in uby|Дипшэу, referring that the family ruled over the valley which Psou River is flowing through, which is the present-day border of Russian Federation and Abkhazia.[1]