[5] The first written mention of Buday I dates back to 1557, when Kabardian princes complained about him to tsar Ivan IV.

He in alliance with the Tyumen Tatars made active attacks on the possessions of Temryuk Idar, the ruler of Kabardia.

[6] In response, in 1560, the Astrakhan governor Ivan Chemerisov on the orders of the tsar attacked the possessions of Buday, ruining Tarki.

[7] After that, in alliance with Kazi-Mirza, bey of the Lesser Nogai Horde, Pshepshuko Kaytukin, the Grand Duke of the Kabardia they decided to oppose Russian encroachments.

[8] In 1567, at the confluence of the Sunzha and the Terek, Buday and later his brother Surkhay were killed on the battlefield,[6] as evidenced by their gravestones at the Shamkhal cemetery in Gazikumukh.