Qasey Atajuq | |
|---|---|
| Хьэтокъущокъуэ Къэсей | |
The Supreme Prince of Kabardia  | |
| Preceded by | Bamat Muhammad |
| Succeeded by | Jankhat |
| In office 1762–1773 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | ? Kabardia |
| Died | 1773 Kabardia |
Qasey Atajuq (Kabardian: Хьэтокъущокъуэ Къэсей; ? — 1773) was the Kabardian Grand Prince between 1762 and 1773.
He was against the construction of the Mozdok fortress in Circassian lands, and saw it as an invasion of Circassia by Russia.
After 1765, he consistently advocated the destruction of Mozdok.
After the outbreak of the Russo-Turkish war of 1768–1774, Qasey Atajuq searched for ways to strengthen Kabardian sovereignty by diplomatic methods. He remained dissatisfied with the conditions for Russian annexation of Kabarda. In the last years of his life, Atajuq was actively looking for allies to exert diplomatic and military-political pressure on Russia.[1][2]
In 1773, he died.