Kaitag Utsmiate
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Kaitag Utsmiate | |||||||||
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| 5th century — 1820 | |||||||||
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| Status | Principality | ||||||||
| Capital | Jalagi Qala-Quraish Urkarakh Majalis Bashly | ||||||||
| Official languages | Arabic, Kaitag, Kumyk | ||||||||
| Common languages | Muirin, Sanzhi-Itsari, Kubachi, Kaitag, Judeo-Tat, Kumyk, Azerbaijani | ||||||||
| Religion | Islam Judaism (minority) Christianity (till 15th c.) Paganism (till 17th c.) | ||||||||
| The Utsmi of Kaitag | |||||||||
| Area | |||||||||
• Total | 3,200[1] km2 (1,200 sq mi) | ||||||||
| Population | |||||||||
• 17th century estimate | 20,000–50,000[2] | ||||||||
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| Today part of | Dagestan | ||||||||
The Kaitag Utsmiate, also known as the Qaytaq Utsmiate, was a multiethnic feudal political entity in the North Caucasus. The first mentions of it appear in chronicles from the 5th century, and it was eliminated in 1820 during the Russian conquest of the Caucasus. The state's territory included Kaitag, Dakhaday and parts of Segokala, Derbent, Kayakent districts of modern Dagestan.
References
[edit]- ↑ Aliev, B. G.; Umakhanov, M.-S. K. (1999). Istoricheskaya geografiya Dagestana XVII – nach. XIX v. [Historical Geography of Dagestan, 17th – Early 19th Century] (in Russian). Institute of History, Archaeology and Ethnography, Dagestan Scientific Center, Russian Academy of Sciences. p. 257. ISBN 5-297-00534-5.
- ↑ Celebi E. Excerpts from the "Journey" // RF IAE DSC RAS. F. 1. On. 1. D. 37. L. 16, 82.
- А. О. Муртазаев, Кайтаг в VIII - первой половине XIX в. (Исследование политической истории и роли в системе политических структур Северо-Восточного Кавказа).
- С. К. Умаханов, Историческая география Дагестана XVII — нач. XIX в.