Seferbiy Zaneqo or Sefer Pasha was a Circassian diplomat and military commander who served as the 5th leader of the Circassian Confederation from 1859 to 1860. He took part in the Russo-Circassian War both in a military and a political capacity. Advocating for the Circassian cause in the west and acting as an emissary of the Ottoman Empire in the region. By the end of his life Zaneqo had emerged as the leader of the Circassian resistance.
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Circassia, also known as Zichia, was a country and a historical region in the North Caucasus. Located along the northeastern shore of the Black Sea, it was conquered by the Russian Empire during the Russo-Circassian War (1763–1864), after which approximately 90% of the Circassian people were either exiled or massacred in the Circassian genocide.
Circassia
Princes of East Circassia
Presidents of the Circassian Confederation
Circassia in 1856