Schevkal campaign

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|conflict=Schevkal campaign (1604-1605)

|partof= Russian–Kumyk Wars

|date= 1604-1605

|place= Shamkhalate of Tarki

|result=Kumyk victory{{sfn|Karamzin|2020|p=696}}

|combatant1= {{flagicon image|Flag of Oryol ship (variant).svg}} Russia

|combatant2= 22px Shamkhalate of Tarki

|commander1= {{flagicon image|Flag of Oryol ship (variant).svg}} {{ill|Ivan Buturlin|ru|Бутурлин, Иван Михайлович}}{{KIA}}

|commander2= 22px {{ill|Sultan Mahmud of Endiree|ru|Султан-Махмуд Эндиреевский}}

|strength1= 10,000{{sfn|Егоршина|2023|p=475}}-50,000The Dutch merchant Isaac Massa (1587-1635) wrote in his brief report on the beginning and origin of wars and unrest in Muscovy: “Tsar Boris ... sent 50,000 people, including Poles and Livonians, and they mostly perished ... so that few returned, and in Moscow there were people who told so much about the country and people there that it would be more than enough for several books, and they said that in some places they met people strong as giants who never part with their weapons, neither in the field behind the plow, nor at home, and their dwellings are built in large caves for there are many mountains and beautiful valleys, and in the mountains there is a lot of cattle ... The one who told us this news was wounded by many arrows on the campaign and told us that he and his comrades wandered for a long time before they reached the Caspian Sea ... So, they returned to Moscow few, having achieved nothing." N. M. Karamzin adds: "This battle is unhappy."

|strength2= 20,000

|casualties1=6,000-7,000{{sfn|Karamzin|2020|p=696}}

|casualties2= unknown

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The Schevkal campaign (1604–1605) was a military campaign by the Russian army against the Shamkhalate. These were the first Russian forces to come close to Dagestan since 1594. The Russians captured Tarki, but the Kumyks and their allies, under the command of Sultan Mahmud, routed the Russian army at the battle of Karaman.Карамзин Н. М. Глава I // История государства Российского. — СПб.: Тип. Н. Греча, 1816—1829. — Т. 11 - С.72 The Russian commander, Ivan Buturlin, was killed in the battle, along with 7000 Russian soldiers. The Shamkhalate of Tarki retained independence, and Russian expansion in Dagestan halted for 118 years.