Surviving Destroyed or barely existing The Makhosh[1][2][3] (Adyghe: Мэхъош, romanized: Məxhoṩ) were one of the Circassian tribes.
Prince Yakhbokqo who preceded him, was killed in a fight with the Abadzekhs, and was the subject of a surprise to the Circassians in courage and intelligence. "
- Leonty Yakovlevich Lyulie 1913 "Makhosh occupied a triangle, the sharp apex of which was at the confluence of the border marked above and the river.
Makhosh, according to N. Kamenev, like the Yegeruqwai, separated from the Chemguy after the death of their common prince Bezruko Bolotokov.
- Fedor Andreevich Shcherbina According to Ronald Wixman, the Makhosh lived between the middle Laba and Belaya River in the northwestern portion of the Caucasus.