Idar of Kabardia

Prince Idar (Circassian:Идар, Yidar) was a Circassian ruler of the Caucasus. Prince Idar was the son of Prince Inarmaz, the son of Prince Tabula.^[1] Prince Inarmaz was the eldest of the three grandsons of Prince Inal.^[2]

Coats of arms of the princely family of "Cherkassky"

Prince Inal had established a strong empire in the fifteenth century unitingall Circassians and Abkhazians. However, after his death Kabarda was riven into rival principalities. Cival war insued and Prince Idar emerged as the sole potentiate.^[3] During his reign, just like his predecessor, the Kabrdian Circassians dominated the North Caucasus inthe late fifteenth century and early sixteenth century. They established diplomatic contacts with the Ottoman Empire, and the Russians.^[4]

Marriages and progeny

Idar had three wives and eight children:

First marriage and issue

He married firstly a Crimean Giray, Princess Nazdschan Khatun (ca. 1470 - 1520), daughter of Meñli I Giray, and had:

Fatu Idarovna (Фату Идаровна) (Fatma Shahydevran Khatun)(ca. 1489 - 1589), married to Karagöz Ahmed Pasha
Maremiho/Murzakan Mirza (Mustafa Pasha)(ca. 1510 - 1594), married firstly Princess Kanfaz Pmeapshokova, married secondly Princess Shahbyke Sultan, daughter of Saadet I Giray, married thirdly Princess Petetzy Aslanbekov
Aslangome Idarovna (Аслангоме Идаровна) (Akyle Ruhshah Khatun)(ca. 1512 - Bursa, 1592)
Malkhurub Bahar Idarovna (Малхуруб-Бахарей Идаровна) (ca. 1498 - Bursa, 3.2.1582)
Berezhan Idarovna (Березхан Идаровна) (Belkis Husnimah Khatun) (ca. 1508 - Bursa 1589)

Second marriage and issue

He married secondly a Kabardian, Princess Malyakurh Kaytukina (ca. 1490 - 1550), from the Kaytuko-Kaytukin dynasty, and had:

Temruk Mirza (ca. 1501 - 1571), married firstly Zauash Khatun, married secondly Princess Nasho Khatun, married thirdly Princess Chicha Khatun
Kambulat Mirza (ca. 1510 - 1589), married firstly Princess Hunda Khatun from Memluk dynasty, married secondly Fausad Khatun

Third marriage and issue

He married thirdly an Abkhazian, Princess Han Loov (ca. 1510 - 1590), and had:

Zhelegot Mirza (ca. 1520- ?), Princess Dekhaz Khatun

References

^ Godet, Martine (2004). Stratégies impériales: Expansion, colonisation, intégration, conversion. Éd. de l'École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales. p. 14. ISBN 978-2-713-22008-1.
^ Society, Hakluyt (1970). Works Issued by the Hakluyt Society. The Society. p. 282.
^ Skutsch, Carl (November 7, 2014). Encyclopedia of the World's Minorities. Routledge. p. 676. ISBN 978-1-135-19388-1.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: year (link)
^ Besleney, Zeynel Abidin (March 21, 2014). The Circassian Diaspora in Turkey: A Political History. Routledge. p. 42. ISBN 978-1-317-91004-6.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: year (link)

External links

"Prince Cherkassky in the public service of Russia". Archived from the original on 4 May 2007. Retrieved 6 September 2014.
Shora Nogmov. "History of Circassian people". Archived from the original on 11 March 2012. Retrieved 6 September 2014.

[1] Godet, Martine (2004). Stratégies impériales: Expansion, colonisation, intégration, conversion. Éd. de l'École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales. p. 14. ISBN 978-2-713-22008-1.

[2] Society, Hakluyt (1970). Works Issued by the Hakluyt Society. The Society. p. 282.

[3] Skutsch, Carl (November 7, 2014). Encyclopedia of the World's Minorities. Routledge. p. 676. ISBN 978-1-135-19388-1.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: year (link)

[4] Besleney, Zeynel Abidin (March 21, 2014). The Circassian Diaspora in Turkey: A Political History. Routledge. p. 42. ISBN 978-1-317-91004-6.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: year (link)

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