Chopan ibn Buday

Chopan ibn Buday or Chopan II (, 1569–1588) was a Kumyk shamkhal (ruler) of Tarki from 1569 to 1588.

At the same time, Chopan's troops destroyed the fortress built by the Russians on the Sunzha river, broke into Kabardia, then took part in the battle against the troops of tsar Ivan the Terrible on the side of the Crimean khan Devlet I Giray.

Relations with the Ottoman Empire In 1576, after the death of shah Tahmasp I, he supported Ismail II during the struggle for power, but after his death Chopan went over to the side of the Ottoman Empire. In the same year, together with his brother Tunji-Alav, the Tabasaran bey Ghazi Salih and the Shirvan people he opposed the Persian troops of the Qizilbash, who were forced to leave Shirvan. as an inheritance and his brother Tunji-Alav received the sanjaks of Akhty and Ikhir. For this, the shamkhal undertook to defend Shirvan and supply the Ottoman troops with provisions.

In 1578, together with the Ottoman detachments, Chopan occupied the city of Shamakhi, but there were not enough forces to develop the offensive. Soon shamkhal with allies went on the defensive from the Persian troops led by Aras Khan. In the end, on November 30, he retreated to Derbent. In August 1579 he ended up with a new Ottoman army led by Mehmet-bey and the Crimean Tatars.

In 1585, relations with the Ottomans suddenly deteriorated, as a result of the intention of the sultans to turn Dagestan into one of their eyalets and the construction of fortresses on the Terek river.

In 1588, the Russians built a fortress on the Terek river. In this regard, Chopan II saw a threat to his possession and began activities against them alone. He died in 1589. According to other sources, Chopan was the ruler of the country from Kaitag, the Kura valley, Avaristan, the Circassians and the Terek river to the Caspian Sea and died in Buynak in 1574.

Family He had 4 or 5 sons, 4 of them were from the daughter of utsmi (ruler) of Kaitag Sultan Ahmed:

Andiy-shamkhal Eldar-shamkhal Muhammad-shamkhal Giray-shamkhal (Surkhay?) One of his sons was considered illegitimate from the daughter of the Kabardian ruler Uzun-Cherkess:

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