Coming from the noble Kabardian Anzor family, he played a critical role in uniting Circassian and Chechen forces against Russian colonial policies.

[1][2] Born in the village of Anzorei in Kabarda in 1804, Anzor belonged to a prominent Kabardian noble family that held significant land near the confluence of the Terek and Uruq rivers.

[5] On August 22, 1846, Anzor was appointed naib (governor) of the Gekhi district in Lesser Chechnya, and he became the leader of a hundred Circassian (Kabardian) muhajirs.

Under his leadership, Circassian and Chechen fighters carried out daring raids, including repeated breaches of the Russian fortifications along the Sunzha line.

[8] On June 15, 1851, during a battle near Nurikoevskaya Polyana against a detachment led by Major General Nikolai Sleptsov, Anzor sustained severe injuries.