Circassians

E126322

ethnic group indigenous people

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.

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All labels observed (13)

Label	Occurrences
Circassians canonical	29
Kabardians	6
Circassian	3
Kabardins	3
Circassian people	2
Caucasian peoples	1
Cherkess (Circassians)	1
Circassian communities in modern Turkey	1
Circassian mamluks	1
Circassian peoples	1
Circassian tribes	1
Circassians and Chechens	1
Circassians in the Levant	1

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ethnic group ⓘ indigenous people ⓘ
conflict	Russian–Caucasian War ⓘ surface form: 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 of America ⓘ surface form: United States
displacementRegion	Black Sea region ⓘ Ottoman Empire ⓘ
endonym	Adyghe ⓘ
ethnogenesisRegion	Western Caucasus ⓘ surface form: Northwest 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 ⓘ

Referenced by (51)

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

North Caucasus → hasEthnicGroup → Circassians ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kabardians

Kabardino-Balkaria → hasEthnicGroup → Circassians ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kabardins

Mamluk rulers of Egypt → ethnicOrigin → Circassians ⓘ

Abkhazians → relatedEthnicGroup → Circassians ⓘ

Abkhazians → partOf → Circassians ⓘ

this entity surface form: Caucasian peoples

Karachay-Cherkessia → ethnicGroup → Circassians ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cherkess (Circassians)

Caucasian War → hasParticipant → Circassians ⓘ

this entity surface form: Circassian peoples

Terek Oblast → ethnicComposition → Circassians ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kabardians

Ottoman Palestine → containsEthnicGroup → Circassians ⓘ

Nart sagas → hasCulturalOrigin → Circassians ⓘ

this entity surface form: Circassian people

Jordanian Parliament → hasReservedSeatsFor → Circassians ⓘ

this entity surface form: Circassians and Chechens

Nalchik → ethnicGroupPresent → Circassians ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kabardins

Mahidevran Sultan → ethnicGroup → Circassians ⓘ

Baksan → hasEthnicGroup → Circassians ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kabardians

Asian Turkey → hasEthnicGroup → Circassians ⓘ

Tyrnyauz → ethnicGroups → Circassians ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kabardins

Mamluk forces → composedOf → Circassians ⓘ

this entity surface form: Circassian mamluks

Barquq → ethnicOrigin → Circassians ⓘ

this entity surface form: Circassian

Abazins → relatedTo → Circassians ⓘ

Ubykhs → relatedEthnicGroup → Circassians ⓘ

Russian–Caucasian War → opponent → Circassians ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kabardians

Russian–Caucasian War → belligerent → Circassians ⓘ

this entity surface form: Circassian tribes

Caucasian muhajirism → involvesEthnicGroup → Circassians ⓘ

Adyghe → alsoKnownAs → Circassians ⓘ

Adyghe → relatedEthnicGroup → Circassians ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kabardians

Ibrahim Bey → ethnicGroup → Circassians ⓘ

Cherkess (Kabardian–Cherkess) language → ethnicGroup → Circassians ⓘ

Ust-Dzheguta → hasEthnicGroup → Circassians ⓘ

Circassian genocide → perpetratedAgainst → Circassians ⓘ

Circassian genocide → mainVictimGroup → Circassians ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kabardians

Circassian genocide → resultedIn → Circassians ⓘ

this entity surface form: Circassian communities in modern Turkey

Astrakhan Khanate → populationGroup → Circassians ⓘ

Cherkessk → namedAfter → Circassians ⓘ

Manbij → ethnicComposition → Circassians ⓘ

Lezginka (North Caucasian dance) → associatedWithEthnicGroup → Circassians ⓘ

Levantine peoples → hasSubgroup → Circassians ⓘ

this entity surface form: Circassians in the Levant

Iraqi people → ethnicComponent → Circassians ⓘ

this entity surface form: Circassian people

Al-Ashraf Tuman bay II → ethnicGroup → Circassians ⓘ

Bilad al-Sham@ar → ethnicGroup → Circassians ⓘ

subject surface form: Bilad al-Sham

southern Syria → hasEthnicGroup → Circassians ⓘ

subject surface form: Southern Syria

State of Damascus → ethnicGroup → Circassians ⓘ

Syrian → ethnicGroup → Circassians ⓘ

Syrian → minorityLanguage → Circassians ⓘ

this entity surface form: Circassian

Tmutarakan → ethnicComposition → Circassians ⓘ

Farial Qadin → ethnicGroup → Circassians ⓘ

Peoples of the Caucasus → hasSubgroup → Circassians ⓘ

Narts → associatedWith → Circassians ⓘ

Narts → languageOfTransmission → Circassians ⓘ

this entity surface form: Circassian