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'''Prince Inal''' ([[Circassian language|Circassian]]: Инал, ''Yinal''), called '''Inal the Great''' by [[Georgian people|Georgian]] sources, was a [[medieval]] [[Circassians|Circassian]] prince of the [[Kabarday]] princedom who took the sovereign power, or authority in the [[Kabardia]] region of [[Circassia]] in the 15th century and had taken as his goal to unify all of the Circassians who were divided into several princedoms into one state. Each Circassian princedom maintained a distinct region in Circassia and had a ruling class of their own. The Circassian princes, more specifically the Kabarday princes called themselves the sons of Inal and boasted their descent from him and regarded him as their [[patriarch]], or hypothetical father and their [[progenitor]]. Prince Inal, surnamed Nekhu (and Nef in the western regions of Circassia), which in the Circassian language means the "bright", the one who casts light. He was considered by the Kabarday princes as their common ancestor and described him as a mighty [[King (title)|king]]. Before his death in the year 1453,<ref>Shora Nogma has 1427 (per Richmond, Northwest Caucasus, kindle@610). In a later book (Circassian Genocide kindle @47) Richmond reports the legend that Inal reunited the princedoms after they were driven into the mountains by the Mongols. In a footnote (@2271) he says that Inal was a royal title among the Oguz Turks</ref>
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'''[[Prince]] Inal''' ({{lang-kbd|Инал}}), also known as the '''Inal the Great''' by [[Georgians|Georgian]] sources, was a [[Middle Ages|medieval]] [[Circassians|Circassian]] prince of the [[Kabardia]], who took power in the 15th century and had taken as his goal to unify all of the Circassians, then divided into several princedoms, into one state. The Circassian princes in following centuries, more specifically the Kabardian princes claimed descedance from Inal and regarded him as their [[patriarch]], or hypothetical father and their [[progenitor]]. Before his death in the year 1453,<ref>Shora Nogma has 1427 (per Richmond, Northwest Caucasus, kindle@610). In a later book (Circassian Genocide kindle @47) Richmond reports the legend that Inal reunited the princedoms after they were driven into the mountains by the Mongols. In a footnote (@2271) he says that Inal was a royal title among the Oguz Turks</ref> the valiant and the prudent had succeeded in uniting all of [[Circassia]] into one state, but split up again into separate feudal principalities after his death.{{citation needed}}


Prince Inal was surnamed Nekhu (and Nef in the western regions of Circassia), which in the Circassian language means the "bright", the one who casts light.

== Legacy ==
Inal's name is also present in geographical names in Caucasus, many places were named after him, following his death. There is mount Inal (2990 m) between [[Baksan River]] and Tyzyl valleys.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://kabardians.com/en/content/horse-farm-2500-meters-high | title=Horse Farm at 2500 meters high | publisher=Kabardians.com | date=2009 | accessdate=2015-01-24 | author=Pawel Krawczyk}}</ref>
Inal's name is also present in geographical names in Caucasus, many places were named after him, following his death. There is mount Inal (2990 m) between [[Baksan River]] and Tyzyl valleys.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://kabardians.com/en/content/horse-farm-2500-meters-high | title=Horse Farm at 2500 meters high | publisher=Kabardians.com | date=2009 | accessdate=2015-01-24 | author=Pawel Krawczyk}}</ref>


==References==
==References==
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== Sources ==

*Caucasian Review. Vol. 2. Munich (München), 1956. Pp.&nbsp;19
*Caucasian Review. Vol. 2. Munich (München), 1956. Pp.&nbsp;19
*Caucasian Review. Vol. 2. Munich (München), 1956. Pp.&nbsp;35
*Caucasian Review. Vol. 2. Munich (München), 1956. Pp.&nbsp;35
*[[Julius Klaproth|Klaproth, Julius Von]], translator [[Frederic Shoberl]]. ''Travels in the Caucasus and Georgia: Performed in the Years 1807 and 1808, by Command of the Russian Government''. London: Printed for Henry Colburn, and Sold by G. Goldie, Edinburgh, and J. Cumming, Dublin, 1814.
*[[Julius Klaproth|Klaproth, Julius Von]], translator [[Frederic Shoberl]]. ''Travels in the Caucasus and Georgia: Performed in the Years 1807 and 1808, by Command of the Russian Government''. London: Printed for Henry Colburn, and Sold by G. Goldie, Edinburgh, and J. Cumming, Dublin, 1814.
*[[Robert Gordon Latham|Latham, Robert Gordon]]. ''Descriptive Ethnology''. London: Voorst, 1859. Pp.&nbsp;51
*[[Robert Gordon Latham|Latham, Robert Gordon]]. ''Descriptive Ethnology''. London: Voorst, 1859. Pp.&nbsp;51
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[[Category:Circassian nobility|Inal]]
[[Category:Circassian nobility|Inal]]

Revision as of 15:13, 26 July 2019

Inal the Great
Prince of Kabardia
Reign? – 1453
Burial
Pskhu[citation needed]
DynastyNekhu

Prince Inal (Template:Lang-kbd), also known as the Inal the Great by Georgian sources, was a medieval Circassian prince of the Kabardia, who took power in the 15th century and had taken as his goal to unify all of the Circassians, then divided into several princedoms, into one state. The Circassian princes in following centuries, more specifically the Kabardian princes claimed descedance from Inal and regarded him as their patriarch, or hypothetical father and their progenitor. Before his death in the year 1453,[1] the valiant and the prudent had succeeded in uniting all of Circassia into one state, but split up again into separate feudal principalities after his death.[citation needed]

Prince Inal was surnamed Nekhu (and Nef in the western regions of Circassia), which in the Circassian language means the "bright", the one who casts light.

Legacy

Inal's name is also present in geographical names in Caucasus, many places were named after him, following his death. There is mount Inal (2990 m) between Baksan River and Tyzyl valleys.[2]

References

  1. ^ Shora Nogma has 1427 (per Richmond, Northwest Caucasus, kindle@610). In a later book (Circassian Genocide kindle @47) Richmond reports the legend that Inal reunited the princedoms after they were driven into the mountains by the Mongols. In a footnote (@2271) he says that Inal was a royal title among the Oguz Turks
  2. ^ Pawel Krawczyk (2009). "Horse Farm at 2500 meters high". Kabardians.com. Retrieved 2015-01-24.

Sources

  • Caucasian Review. Vol. 2. Munich (München), 1956. Pp. 19
  • Caucasian Review. Vol. 2. Munich (München), 1956. Pp. 35
  • Klaproth, Julius Von, translator Frederic Shoberl. Travels in the Caucasus and Georgia: Performed in the Years 1807 and 1808, by Command of the Russian Government. London: Printed for Henry Colburn, and Sold by G. Goldie, Edinburgh, and J. Cumming, Dublin, 1814.
  • Latham, Robert Gordon. Descriptive Ethnology. London: Voorst, 1859. Pp. 51
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