Inal the Great

Inal the Great
Inal the Radiant
Inal the Blind
King of Circassia
Circassia during the reign of Inal
Circassia Grand Prince of All Circassia Circassia
Reign1427 – 1453
PredecessorOffice established
SuccessorVarious princes self-proclaim themselves
Grand Prince of Zhaney-Zichia
Reign1427 – 1453
PredecessorParsabok (Berzebuch)[1]
SuccessorTemruk (?)
Grand Prince of Chemguy-Hatuqway
Reign1427 – 1453
PredecessorOffice established
SuccessorTemruk[2]
Grand Prince of Kabardia
Reign1434 – 1453
PredecessorOffice established
SuccessorTabulda[3][4]
Grand Prince of Besleney
Reign1434 – 1453
PredecessorOffice established
SuccessorBeslan[2]
BornTaman, Zichia
Died1458
Grand Principality of Circassia
Burial
Unknown, allegedly Inal-Quba, Abkhazia or the Ispravnaya region, Karachay-Cherkessia
SpouseTwo wives, an unnamed Abkhaz Anchabadze princess & an unnamed Circassian noblewoman
IssueТэбылду (Tabulda)
Темырикъу (Temruk)
Жанхъуэт (Jankhot)
Минболэт (Minbolat)
Беслъэн (Beslan)
Унэрмэс (Wunarmas)
Къэрмыщэ (Qermisha)
Names
Full name:
Абдун-хан икъуэ Къэс икъуэ Аду-хан икъуэ Хъурыфэлъей икъуэ Инал Нэху (Abdun-xan yiqwə Qəs yiqwə Adu-xan yiqwə Xhurıfətley yiqwə Yinal Nəxw)
DynastyInalid
FatherХъурыфэлӀ (Xhurıfəl')
ReligionEastern Orthodox Christianity syncretised with Khabzeism

Inal Nekhu (Adyghe: Инал Нэф, romanized: Yinal Nəf, lit.'Inal the Radiant'; Kabardian: Инал Нэху, romanized: Yinal Nəxw, lit.'Inal the Radiant'; also known as Inal the Great in Georgian sources) was the Supreme Prince (King) of Circassia from 1427 to 1453 who unified all Circassians (then divided into several princedoms) into one state.[5][6] He led campaigns into several countries and expanded borders on all directions.[7] He was the founder of several Circassian tribes, mainly Kabardia, Besleney, Temirgoy, Zhaney, and Hatuqwai.

Although the origin of Inal's nickname (Nef/Nekhu) is not known, sources claim that he had one eye blind, therefore it came from the word "Нэф" meaning "blind" in Circassian, and some claim that it came from the word "Нэху" meaning "enlightened" in Circassian.[8]

The supreme princes (Пщышхуэ) of the Circassian princedom of Kabarda (Къэбэрдей Хэгъэгу)
Kabarda (east Circassia) princes
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