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

Biography

He was against the construction of the

Mozdok Mozdok (russian: Моздо́к; os, Мæздæг, ''Mæzdæg''; Kabardian: Мэздэгу) is a town and the administrative center of Mozdoksky District of North Ossetia – Alania, Russia, located on the left shore of the Terek River, n ...

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. In 1773, he died.

References

{{Reflist 1773 deaths People of the Caucasian War Circassian military personnel of the Russo-Circassian War