Seferbiy Zaneqo

صفر بي زانوقه

1798 CE · 1213 AH† – 1 January 1860 CE · 7 Jumada II 1276 AH† †

† Hijri date derived by computation from the Gregorian/Julian date; it may differ from the transmitted date by a day or two.

Circassian (Adyghe) prince, diplomat and resistance leader from the Natukhay. Sent to Russia as a hostage in 1807 and educated at the Richelieu Lyceum in Odessa, he later served the Ottoman Empire, led the 1831 Circassian delegation to Constantinople, was appointed Ottoman governor of Circassia during the Crimean War, and headed the Circassian Confederation in 1859–1860; he designed the Circassian national flag.