Muhammad Yindaruqo
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Muhammad Yindaruqo Shupako (Adyghe: Мыхьэмэд Индарыкъо ШIупакIо), was the leader of Pshada, a nobleman of the Natukhai from the Shupako house, and a Circassian leader.
Although him and his family initially maintained good relations with the Russian Empire, they actively resisted the Russians during the later stages of the Russo-Circassian War.
Biography
He was said to have been a brave and resilient warrior in his youth. He was the largest landowner in the Pshada Valley and is known to have vassal nobles under his command. He is considered the owner of the trading warehouses in Pshada and the main protector of commercial activity in the region. He had a small half-pound cannon that he used to greet his guests.
His dwelling was in a fenced settlement of many huts, located in the Pshada Valley, about three leagues inland from the sea, by the river. At the confluence of the Pshada River and its right tributary Doguab, about 12 km, lay a plateau belonging to him and his village.
He is occasionally mentioned in the books of James Bell, John Longworth and Eduard Taitbout de Marigny. He wore a long, blue, foreign-made tunic and was using a staff.
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