Ottoman campaign in the North Caucasus

Ottoman campaign in the North Caucasus
	Part of Russo-Turkish wars and Circassian-Turkish conflicts
Date	1583
Location	North Caucasus (Sunzha River, Terek, Beshtau)
Result	Circassian-Cossack Victory
Belligerents
Ottoman Empire; Emirate of Shirvan	Kabardia (East Circassia); Greben Cossacks; Supported by:; Tsardom of Russia
Commanders and leaders
Osman Pasha	Mamstryuk Temryukovich
Strength
c. 8,000	Unknown
Casualties and losses
Heavy losses	Unknown

The Ottoman campaign in the North Caucasus was a military operation conducted in 1583 by the Ottoman Empire and its vassal, the Emirate of Shirvan, aimed at crossing the North Caucasus and reaching Crimea via Circassian territory.^[2]^[3]

^ Мальбахов Б. К. "Кабарда на этапах политической истории (середина XVI — первая четверть XIX века), Москва, из-во «Поматур», 2002 г. ISBN 5-86208-106-2, ст. 247
^ Dzamikhov, K. F. "Chapter VI. Military-Political Cooperation between the Adyghe and the Russian State in the Struggle Against the Crimean Khanate – Section 6.1: Joint Struggle of Adyghe Feudal Principalities and Russia against the Crimean Khanate in the Mid-16th to Late 17th Century (Conclusion)". Kabardino-Balkarian Institute for Humanitarian Research (in Russian).
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[autogenerated3-1] Мальбахов Б. К. "Кабарда на этапах политической истории (середина XVI — первая четверть XIX века), Москва, из-во «Поматур», 2002 г. ISBN 5-86208-106-2, ст. 247

[Dzamikhov2024-2] Dzamikhov, K. F. "Chapter VI. Military-Political Cooperation between the Adyghe and the Russian State in the Struggle Against the Crimean Khanate – Section 6.1: Joint Struggle of Adyghe Feudal Principalities and Russia against the Crimean Khanate in the Mid-16th to Late 17th Century (Conclusion)". Kabardino-Balkarian Institute for Humanitarian Research (in Russian).

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