Qasey Atajuq Explained

Qasey Atajuq
Predecessor:Bamat Muhammad
Successor:Jankhat
Death Date:1773
Death Place:Kabardia
Birth Date:?
Birth Place:Kabardia
Native Name:Хьэтокъущокъуэ Къэсей
Termstart1:1762
Termend1:1773

Qasey Atajuq (; ? — 1773) was the Kabardian Grand Prince between 1762 and 1773.

Biography

He was against the construction of the Mozdok fortress in Circassian lands, and saw it as an invasion of Circassia by Russia.

After 1765, he consistently advocated the destruction of Mozdok.

After the outbreak of the Russo-Turkish war of 1768–1774, Qasey Atajuq searched for ways to strengthen Kabardian sovereignty by diplomatic methods. He remained dissatisfied with the conditions for Russian annexation of Kabarda. In the last years of his life, Atajuq was actively looking for allies to exert diplomatic and military-political pressure on Russia.[1] [2]

In 1773, he died.

Notes and References

  1. А. В. Казаков. Адыги (черкесы) на российской военной службе. Воеводы и офицеры. Середина XVI — начало XX в. Биографический справочник. Нальчик. ГП КБР «Республиканский полиграфкомбинат им. Революции 1905 г.» Издательский центр «Эль-Фа», 2006, с. 54
  2. Web site: Атажукин Касай» Черкес | историко-познавательный портал. 2013-01-05.