Kagazezhev, Zhiraslan V.
Kavkaz Forum. 2022. Issue 12.

Abstract:
The article analyzes the activity of the hero of the cycle of Kabardian legends
Kabarda Tambiev, who played a major role in the formation of the late medieval
Kabardian Principality. As a result of complex ethnopolitical processes at the
beginning of the XVth century. the activation of the Adygs takes place, after which
the territory controlled by them significantly expands. These processes were
associated with the vigorous activity of the unification of the Circassian lands by
Prince Inal the Bright. Kabarda Tambiev, who was the commander of Prince Inal,
led a campaign to advance into the Central Caucasus. As a result of the fighting,
a Large Horde is being displaced from the territory of the Central Caucasus. As
a result of the advance from Western Circassia, there is a significant increase in
the Eastern Adyghe population, known in sources as Kabardins or Pyatigorsk
Circassians / Circassians. The Kabardian burial mound culture is spreading on the
territory of the settlement of the eastern Adygs. The etymology of the anthroponym
/ ethnonym Kabarda is controversial and has several versions of origin. The
author puts forward a version related to the title of the ruler of the eastern Adygs.
As a result of the strengthening of the eastern Adygs, an independent principality
of Kabarda is formed, from which the principality of Besleney is later separated.
The ruling elite of these principalities were descendants from the second wife, the
unifier of the Circassian lands of Prince Inal – Tabula and Beslan.
The relevance of the article is determined by the need to introduce into
scientific circulation the reasons for the formation of the Kabardian Principality
associated with the activities of Prince Inal and Kabarda Tambiev. The novelty of
the study is due to the consideration of the reasons for the formation of the late
medieval Kabarda with feudal processes for the establishment of the ruling Inalid
dynasty on the territory of the Circassian lands. The purpose of the article is to
identify the role of Kabarda Tambiev in the formation of late medieval Kabarda
and aspects of the formation of a new Eastern Adyghe society.

Keywords: Prince Inal, Kabarda Tambiev, military campaigns, Central Pre-Caucasus, Big Horde, eastern Adygs, Kabarda

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