Circassians

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Circassians are an indigenous Northwest Caucasian ethnic group known for their distinct language, rich warrior and dance traditions, and historical displacement across the Black Sea region and Middle East.

All labels observed (20)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group ⓘ
indigenous people ⓘ
conflict Russo-Circassian War ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
Europe ⓘ
culturalHeritage hospitality customs ⓘ
oral epic tradition ⓘ
diaspora Canada ⓘ
Egypt ⓘ
European Union ⓘ
Germany ⓘ
Iraq ⓘ
Israel ⓘ
Jordan ⓘ
Syria ⓘ
Turkey ⓘ
United States ⓘ
displacementRegion Black Sea region ⓘ
Ottoman Empire ⓘ
endonym Adyghe ⓘ
ethnogenesisRegion Northwest Caucasus ⓘ
linked to: Western Caucasus
historicalEvent Circassian genocide ⓘ
mass deportations by the Russian Empire ⓘ
historicalReligion Christianity ⓘ
indigenous pagan beliefs ⓘ
knownFor dance traditions ⓘ
elaborate costumes ⓘ
horsemanship ⓘ
warrior traditions ⓘ
language Adyghe ⓘ
Kabardian ⓘ
languageFamily Northwest Caucasian languages ⓘ
majorPopulationCenter Kabardino-Balkaria ⓘ
Karachay-Cherkessia ⓘ
Republic of Adygea ⓘ
nativeTo Circassia ⓘ
religion Sunni Islam ⓘ
timeOfMassDeportation 19th century ⓘ
traditionalCode Adyghe Xabze ⓘ
traditionalDance Lezginka ⓘ
Qafe ⓘ
traditionalDress cherkeska ⓘ
traditionalEconomy agriculture ⓘ
pastoralism ⓘ
traditionalHeadgear papakha ⓘ
traditionalMusic use of accordion ⓘ
use of shichepshin (Circassian flute) ⓘ
traditionalSocialStructure clan-based society ⓘ
traditionalWeapon kinjal ⓘ
shashka ⓘ
UNESCOStatus languages classified as vulnerable or endangered ⓘ
writingSystem Cyrillic script ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (106)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

North Caucasus → hasEthnicGroup → Circassians ⓘ
North Caucasus → hasEthnicGroup → Kabardians ⓘ
linked to: Circassians
Kabardino-Balkaria → hasEthnicGroup → Kabardins ⓘ
linked to: Circassians
Abkhazians → relatedEthnicGroup → Circassians ⓘ
Abkhazians → partOf → Caucasian peoples ⓘ
linked to: Circassians
Karachay-Cherkessia → ethnicGroup → Cherkess (Circassians) ⓘ
linked to: Circassians
Caucasian War → hasParticipant → Circassian peoples ⓘ
linked to: Circassians
Terek Oblast → ethnicComposition → Kabardians ⓘ
linked to: Circassians
Nart sagas → hasCulturalOrigin → Circassian people ⓘ
linked to: Circassians
Jordanian Parliament → hasReservedSeatsFor → Circassians and Chechens ⓘ
linked to: Circassians
Nalchik → ethnicGroupPresent → Kabardins ⓘ
linked to: Circassians
Mahidevran Sultan → ethnicGroup → Circassians ⓘ
Baksan → hasEthnicGroup → Kabardians ⓘ
linked to: Circassians
Asian Turkey → hasEthnicGroup → Circassians ⓘ
Tyrnyauz → ethnicGroups → Kabardins ⓘ
linked to: Circassians
Mamluk forces → composedOf → Circassian mamluks ⓘ
linked to: Circassians
Barquq → ethnicOrigin → Circassian ⓘ
linked to: Circassians
Abazins → relatedTo → Circassians ⓘ
Ubykhs → relatedEthnicGroup → Circassians ⓘ
Russian–Caucasian War → opponent → Circassians ⓘ
Russian–Caucasian War → opponent → Kabardians ⓘ
linked to: Circassians
Russian–Caucasian War → belligerent → Circassian tribes ⓘ
linked to: Circassians
Adyghe → alsoKnownAs → Circassians ⓘ
Adyghe → relatedEthnicGroup → Kabardians ⓘ
linked to: Circassians
Ibrahim Bey → ethnicGroup → Circassians ⓘ
Ust-Dzheguta → hasEthnicGroup → Circassians ⓘ
Circassian genocide → mainVictimGroup → Kabardians ⓘ
linked to: Circassians
Circassian genocide → resultedIn → Circassian communities in modern Turkey ⓘ
linked to: Circassians
Astrakhan Khanate → populationGroup → Circassians ⓘ
Cherkessk → namedAfter → Circassians ⓘ
Manbij → ethnicComposition → Circassians ⓘ
Levantine peoples → hasSubgroup → Circassians in the Levant ⓘ
linked to: Circassians
Iraqi people → ethnicComponent → Circassian people ⓘ
linked to: Circassians
Al-Ashraf Tuman bay II → ethnicGroup → Circassians ⓘ
Bilad al-Sham → ethnicGroup → Circassians ⓘ
subject linked to: Bilad al-Sham@ar
Southern Syria → hasEthnicGroup → Circassians ⓘ
subject linked to: southern Syria
State of Damascus → ethnicGroup → Circassians ⓘ
Syrian → ethnicGroup → Circassians ⓘ
Syrian → minorityLanguage → Circassian ⓘ
linked to: Circassians
Tmutarakan → ethnicComposition → Circassians ⓘ
Farial Qadin → ethnicGroup → Circassians ⓘ
Narts → associatedWith → Circassians ⓘ
Narts → languageOfTransmission → Circassian ⓘ
linked to: Circassians