Circassian prince of the Great Kabardah and others. Caucasus. 1859.

Print of steel engraving titled „Prince Circassien de la Grande Kabardah. Khan de Tcherkesse. Noble de la Grande Kabardah. Prince de la Petite Kabardah“.

Drawn by Demoraine.

Engraved by Taillant.

From „Le Monde Histoire Tous les peuples depuis les temps les plus recules“ by M. E. De Lostalot-Bachoue. Paris. 1859.

The Circassians are a North Caucasian ethnic group native to Circassia, who were displaced in the course of the Russian conquest of the Caucasus in the 19th century, especially after the Russian–Circassian War in 1864. The term "Circassian" includes the Adyghe (Circassian: Адыгэ, Adyge) and Kabardian people. The Circassians mainly speak the Circassian language, a Northwest Caucasian language with numerous dialects. Many Circassians also speak Turkish, Arabic, and various other languages of the Middle East, having been exiled by Russia to lands of the Ottoman Empire, where the majority of them today live, and to neighboring Persia, to which they came primarily through mass deportations by the Safavids and Qajars or, to a lesser extent, as muhajirs in the 19th century. The predominant religion amongst Circassians is Sunni Islam.

Approx. image size 15, 7 x 10, 1/23 x 14, 5 cm.Condition: good.

Condition: good.