Hatuqway

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Hatuqway
Хьатыкъуайхэр, Хьатыкъоехэр
Hebrew
Religion
Islam
Related ethnic groups
Other Adyghe tribes

The Hatuqway

Circassian flag.[2][3] They were known for their art of war as a warrior tribe. After the Russo-Circassian War, their presence in the Caucasus was destroyed during the Circassian genocide, and their number was significantly decreased and today they exist only in small communities in various diasporas, and their names are not mentioned anymore in Circassian dialectology.[4]

History and etymology

History

The Hatuqway were a western

(South) and, naturally, Temirgoys (East).

In the time before the Russian invasion, the Hatuqway were known as a powerful and warlike tribe that fought many wars mostly against the Crimean Tatars.

Turkish explorer

Abazin
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Approximate location of Circassian princedoms, Tsutsiev's Atlas