Prince Idar ( Circassian: Айдар) was a Circassian ruler of the

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. He was the son of Prince Inarmaz, and the grandson of Prince Tabula. Prince Inarmaz himself was the eldest of the three grandsons of

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. His rule spanned over the period of 1525 to 1540.

Reign

Prince Inal had established a strong empire in the fifteenth century uniting all Circassians, and

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. However, after his death Kabarda was riven into rival principalities. Civil war ensued and Prince Idar emerged as the sole potentiate. During his reign, just like his predecessor, the Kabrdian Circassians dominated the

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in the late fifteenth century and early sixteenth century. They established diplomatic contacts with the

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, and the Russians. In the late 1520s the Christian Kabardians, mounted a campaign against the Muslim Crimean Tatars. The Kabardians used their fleet of ships to transport the cavalry and the two-wheeled war chariots across the sea to the

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. The Kabardians attacked

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, the capital of the

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at the time, located in the southwest of the Peninsula, and were victorious, bringing back great spoil, including 100 chariots packed full with cloth, a precious commodity at the time.

Family

He had four sons, Prince Temryuk, Prince Bita, Prince Zhelegot, and Prince Kanbulat. Temryuk's daughter Altynchachmarried Bekbulat, a Chinggisid, and khan of

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. A third daughter, Malkhurub, married Tin Ahmed, beg of

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* * {{cite web , url=http://www.vostlit.info/Texts/Dokumenty/Kavkaz/XVIII/1700-1720/Nogmov/text2.htm , author=Shora Nogmov. , title=History of Circassian people , access-date=6 September 2014 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111129150913/http://www.vostlit.info/Texts/Dokumenty/Kavkaz/XVIII/1700-1720/Nogmov/text2.htm , archive-date=29 November 2011 , url-status=dead Circassian nobility Circassians

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Family

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