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Kumyks are a Turkic people occupying the Kumyk plateau in north Dagestan and south Terek, and the lands bordering the Caspian Sea. They comprise 12% of the population of the Russian republic of Dagestan. They speak the Kumyk language. Kumyks practice folk Islam, with some religious rituals that trace back to pre-Islamic times. Flag of the Kumyk people by Jaume Ollé, 28 Oct 1996 This image is from Gaceta de Banderas [gdb], information of Michel Lupant. ...
Flag of the Kumyk people by Jaume Ollé, 28 Oct 1996 This image is from Gaceta de Banderas [gdb], information of Michel Lupant. ...
The Turkic people are any of various peoples whose members speak languages in the Turkic family of languages. ...
The Republic of Dagestan (Russian: ), older spelling Daghestan, is a federal subject of the Russian Federation (a republic). ...
The Terek (Те́рек) is a major river in the Northern Caucasus, flowing through Georgia and Russia into the Caspian Sea. ...
Caspian Sea viewed from orbit Caspian redirects here. ...
Kumyk (also Qumuq, Kumuk, Kumuklar, and Kumyki) is a Turkic language, spoken by about 200 thousands speakers (the Kumyks) in the Dagestan republic of Russian Federation. ...
It is supposed that Ptolemy knew them under the name of Kami and Kamaks. Various explorers see in them descendants of the Khazars. A. Vambry supposes that they settled in their present quarters during the flourishing period of the Khazar kingdom in the 8th century. It is certain that some Kabardians also settled later. Claudius Ptolemaeus, given contemporary German styling, in a 16th century engraved book frontispiece. ...
The site of the Khazar fortress at Sarkel. ...
(7th century — 8th century — 9th century — other centuries) Events The Iberian peninsula is taken by Arab and Berber Muslims, thus ending the Visigothic rule, and starting almost 8 centuries of Muslim presence there. ...
Kabarda, Kabard or Kabarid are simply alternative ways of referring to the Kabar people of the northern Caucasus more commonly known by the plural term Kabardin (or Kebertei as they term themselves). ...
During the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries CE the Kumyks had an independent kingdom, based at Tarki, and ruled by a leader called the Shamkhal. Tarki is a village in Dagestan, situated approximately 6 kilometers from the republics capital, Makhachkala, on Tarkitau mountain. ...
The Russians built forts in their territory in 1559 and under Peter I. Having long been more civilized than the surrounding Caucasian mountaineers, the Kumyks have always enjoyed some respect among them. The upper terraces of the Kumyk plateau, which the Kumyks occupy, leaving its lower parts to the Nogai Tatars, are very fertile. Events January 15 - Elizabeth I of England is crowned in Westminster Abbey. ...
Portrait of Peter by Paul Delaroche Peter I (Russian: ) (10 June 1672–8 February 1725 [30 May 1672– 28 January 1725 O.S.] ) ruled Russia from 7 May (27 April O.S.) 1682 until his death. ...
The term Nogai can refer to more than one thing: Nogai Khan was a Khan of the Golden Horde. ...
Tatar dance - Tatar (left) fighting with the soldier of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (right). ...
In recent years Kumyk nationalists such as Salau Aliev have agitated for Kumyk dominance within Daghestan, citing Khazar history as their inspiration. The Republic of Dagestan (Russian: Респу́блика Дагеста́н) is a federal subject of the Russian Federation (a republic). ...
The Khazars were a Turkic semi-nomadic people from Central Asia who adopted Judaism. ...
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