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The Circassians, also known as the Cherkess or the Adyghe, are a Northwest Caucasian ethnic group native to Circassia, a region and former country in the North Caucasus. As a consequence of the 19th-c
Circassian warrior armed with Khirimi, Kindjal, & Shashka.
Hadim Yusuf Pasha, Ottoman Governor of Baghdad in 1605-1606, a Circassian by birth and a eunuch. Sefernāme of Muhlisi (BNF, Turc 127).
Circassian children from Maykop, Adygea, with the Circassian flag, 2014
Circassian traditional sword dance
Circassian beauty
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The concept of Circassian beauty is an ethnic stereotype of the Circassian people. A fairly extensive literary history suggests that Circassian women were thought to be unusually attractive, spirited,
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…superior beauty" of the Circassian people, referring to them as "how God intended the human race to be", leading to the 18th century stereotype of the Circassian beauty. Feudalism began to emerge among Circassians by the 4th century. As a result of Armenian, Greek, and Byzantine influence, Christianity spread throughout…
A Circassian noblewoman in the 19th century. Photograph taken by Abdullah Frères.
A painting by Ottoman Caliph Abdulmejid II depicting his own Circassian consort Şehsuvar Kadın, 1898
Ikbal Hanim, a Circassian woman who was the first wife of Abbas II of Egypt between 1895 and 1910.
Inspection of New Arrivals, painted by Giulio Rosati (c. 1857–1917)