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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 13 February 2025. Northwest Caucasian ethnic group native to Circassia For other uses, see Circassian (disambiguation). Ethnic group Circassians Адыгэхэр (Adyghe) Circassian national flag Map of the Circassian diaspora Total population c. 5.3 million Regions with significant populations Turkey ...
Circassian nationalism is the desire among Circassians all over the world to preserve their culture and save their language from extinction, [164] [165] achieve full international recognition of the Circassian genocide, [166] [167] [168] globally revive Adyghe Xabze among Circassians, [169] [170] [171] return to their homeland Circassia, [172 ...
The "golden age" of Circassian beauty may be considered to be between the 1770s, when the Russian Empire seized the Crimean Khanate and cut off the Black Sea slave trade, which increased the demand for Circassian women in Muslim harems; and the 1860s, when the Russian Empire perpetrated the Circassian genocide and destroyed the Circassians ...
Slave traders of white circassian slaves enjoyed more business clout due to the inflated value of whiteness that existed during the Ottoman Empire. [93] While African slave girls were used as maidservants as well as for sexual services, white slave girls were primarily used as concubines (sex slaves) and were more expensive.
In 1873, there were many Circassian slave women in Istanbul who were sold by their Circassian immigrant slave owners to Ottoman citizens but escaped and tried to sue the government for their freedom, and a contemporary report described: "Being slaves of Circassian immigrants and being sold by their owners to buyers in Istanbul, most slave women ...
The so-called Circassian slave trade was a successor of the old Crimean slave trade and was viewed as a luxury trade in the Ottoman Empire, where many aristocratic men had bought concubines or future daughters-in-law from this trade. In the West, this trade caused a growing opposition. After 1846, the open slave market in Constantinople was closed.
Leonardo da Vinci's mother was a slave called Caterina who was trafficked from the Caucasus to Italy, according to new research outlined in a book unveiled Tuesday. ... Circassians now live in ...
The Circassians in Egypt were very influential from the 13th century. To a certain extent, they shared the same role as their fellow Circassians who lived in neighbouring Ottoman Turkey ; many were importees, deportees, slaves , but also made up many of the notable noble families, while many others were kingmakers, royal consorts, military ...