Can you ever see some of the Caucasus Russian territories becoming independent? Early Modern History Playlist: kzfaq.info/sun/PLiPhmAD3I2JwdVOt4lI39d3XENLktUgP5

Just wrote a paper last week analyzing the novel Hadji Murad for what it can tell us about the Russian war against the Murids. This video is incredibly well researched. The way you put together this complex and nuanced history is nothing short of amazing. You fit all the pieces together in just the right way to give a detailed overview of the conflict that is both easy to follow and concise. The North Caucuses have such a rich and under appreciated history and i’m so happy to see it getting some well deserved recognition. Keep up the good work!

Jazakallahu khairan , Salam from Dagestan ❤

Beautiful presentation, the Caucasus is a beautiful place. This turned out great!!!!

I found this channel by accident few weeks ago and i can say its one of nicer surprises of 2022... You are doing great job of giving light to some of historically forgotten, yet important places of the world, and i thank you for it... Great job! 👏👏👏👍👌💪❤️

The artwork with great narration of events makes it very engaging. A great channel for learning history.

This might be your best one yet. Competes with the Afghanistan documentary you did. Congratulations sir.

Love to Chechens and Dagestanis from your Pakistani brother in England ❤

If I recall correctly, the author of Dune, Frank Herbert, based the deadly tribal Fremen warriors on the warriors of Chechnya. Goes to show just how fierce these guys were

Excellent job my friend, as always

Outstanding video and excellent channel! It is a repository of information presented in an engaging fashion about which most Westerners have no frame of reference. As and educator, I want to express my sincere thanks for the content you offer. Incredible catalyst for heightening the historical perspectives and consideration of my students. Thank you.

The great artwork and the narrative complement each other very well in my opinion Tough people in this part of the world Nice work 👊

Very well informed video, Thank you so much.

Love the artwork and photography. Well done video in every regard.

Amazing video 📹 Watched it twice. Bring on 2nd part

This is so interesting, and the images and artwork are amazing!

Great video!

This brief commercial is incomplete without the mention of Baysangur of Benoy.

Some people should just be left alone...The Basque, The Irish, The Vietnamese, The Apache, The Chechens & Dagestans it's just not worth the trouble.

It is strange how some of the most beautiful places in the world are the most troubled. Those green valleys look like top mountian biking country or motorcycle country to me. I hope this region finds peace and can open itself up to that sort of tourism, for everyone's mutual gain.

Love my Chechen brothers from Dagestan🏴🐺🦅

This needs more views, hope it blows up

I’m learning chechen, so learning about chechen history and culture is very helpful for me!

3:57 sorry, but Persians never ruled over Chechens. Persians only had south of Dagestan. Not even whole of Dagestan.

Love Dagestan and Chechenia from Turkey❤❤❤

THANKS FOR THIS INFORMATIVE VIDEO & I LOVE KNOWING ABOUT CENTRAL ASIA

"Dune" by Frank Herbert was based heavily on "The Sabers of Paradise" a book about the Caucasus war of resistance. Many quotes are lifted wholly.

I can't wait for the Imam Shamil's story! i know very little about him and Caucasians History of resistance,so May Allah help you Brother!

You simply cannot talk about the Russian-Caucasian war without mentioning Circassians!! That's like saying England and France fought the Nazis without mentioning the Soviet Union Circassians fought Russia from 1763 to 1864.. That's a 101 years

I´m on a youtube-quest learning more about this regions history. It has not disappointed! Fascinating characters and absolutely stunning nature. Greetings from the north!

Under-covered topic well explained. Bravo!

Bravo Dagestan & Chechnya ! Congratulations! Thanks you Sir for this great video

These artworks are so beautiful

Respect good video

Great video. Could you make video about Russian conqueet of Kazan, Astrakhan and Siberia in 16th century as well as Central Asian Khanates in 19th century

Gorgeous paintings!

Thank you for yet another very interesting video. I have two questions, one is: who is the painter (or painters) of the painted scenes you use in the video? and the second: I would love to know more about the Circassian people, the genocide they suffered and what happened to them after the genocide. The Caucus area is both fascinating and beautiful. Thanks again.

Love my Chechen and dagistani brother's and sisters from Pakistan 🇵🇰

I love this channel..I watch it a lot..The presenter sounds like the guy from Smile to Jannah channel..

Nice video brother, can you also make a seperate video on Circassia. Circassia is widely ignored for some reason.

Thanks for uploading. This is excellent stuff! Could you release more videos on Iranian history? Thanks.

Fantastic series of paintings…

Great vid, with the rise of Khabib Nurmagomedov, Islam Makhachev and the rest of the Eagles MMA team I think it’s important for the history of their region to be told. Especially considering circumstances in their own countries may prevent them from telling an accurate and detailed story.

The Caucasus region has a long and storied history and people. Tough and honorable people.

Glad I found this

When I was young I read Anna Politkovskaya : A Dirty War and wrote a report for school. Idkw but I have always been very interested in Chechnya. It's a sad story. I wish I knew more about their pre Islamic history. I am really enjoying this channel, thanks for the uploads.

Also can you make a video about the last days of the Crimean Khanate and the breaching of the fortress at Perekop?

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Very well done piece. Thank you for putting the time in. Does anyone know the painter/s of the artwork he used??? I’m dying to know. Really incredible works.

My master thesis wil be about this events, very good film! But you could say something about siege of Derbent (oldest city in Russia) in September 1831

4:37 The word agha has two different spellings in Persian. The one that is written آقا means sir, and this one here is written آغا, i had to say this just to prevent misunderstandings.

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Thank you for this. So melancholy and solemn. I found the very last act, the murder and death in the mosque a very sad ending.

8:17 Chechens were Muslims in 19th century. Not pagans. Imam Ghazimuhammad didn't send people to convert Chechens.

During the American Civil War, Walt Whitman wrote, “The real war will never get in the books,” One such episode was the Sunni Awakening a decade ago, which began as an initiative of Captain Travis Patriquin and the 1st Brigade, 1st Armored Division in Ramadi, commanded by Colonel Sean MacFarland. In Ramadi in late 2006, at a crucial juncture in the war, Captain Patriquin and Colonel MacFarland reached out to Sheikh Sattar of the Abu Risha tribe and figured out how to make him an ally in the war against the Al Qaeda insurgency in Iraq.[2] Their actions changed the terms of the fight and started to turn the tide against the insurgency. The ensuing Awakening that turned the Sunni tribes of Iraq against Al Qaeda, along with a new counterinsurgency strategy and the surge of additional U.S. forces, dealt a severe blow to Al Qaeda in Iraq that created a window of hope that a stabilized Iraq would be possible. Qaeda assassinated Sheikh Sattar in September 2007, robbing the Sunni Awakening of its charismatic leader The Maliki government’s sectarianism and rejection of the Sunni Awakening would open the door for the rise of the Islamic State and its conquest of most of the predominantly Sunni Arab areas of Iraq in 2014.[3]

18:08 Imam Ghazimuhammad didn't "simply sat on a prayer rug" he fought till he was killed in a battle.

A map from time to time instead of hanging on 2 seconds of art might make this easier to follow

This channel has way to many commercials. Distracts from your excellent content.

I'm glad to hear you mention that the Imams were not typical Naqshbandis. Bcs russians & the Naqshbandis of today like to argue for themselves that they were in an attempt to gain more prestige, while at the same time criticizing the Imamat for fighting russia. The Naqshbandis often even cooporated with russians when there was fighting going on. Imam Mansur had to fight with that problem.

Can you guys list the artists of the images? They’re all really cool !

Very interesting Please make more videos regarding Muslim history in that region My heritage is Pakistan 🇵🇰, my people/tribe came to this land nearly 1 thousand year ago Army of 5 thousand which made the the first Islamic state from Gwadar to Multan

Allhamdulillah I’m a fan of khabib from 🇺🇸 and love Dagestan

@Hikma History: Thank you for an interesting video, as always. I am assuming you are based in Turkey. I wonder if you can find info about an Afghan named Charkhi څرخي. Forgive me, I have forgotten his first name. He seemed to have gained the title of Pasha with Ottomans, was appointed governor of Daghestan. The word “Pacha” in Afghanistan means King, so the rumors started in Afghanistan that he had become king of Daghestan. Many Afghans joined him. He will be continuously attacking Iran, till Nadir Afshar defeated him. He and his Afghans then hid in Caucasus mountains, and was a thorn to the Iranians, attacking them continuously. I first heard of him in a piece Farsi poetry handwritten on first page of a dictionary given to my father by an Afghan scholar. The poetry complains of Charkhis cruelties ظلم on Iranians.

It may be a stupid question but how did you manage to find so many artworks about the Caucasian war?

2:26 whats Avars and Chechens have to do with "ancient nomadic steppe tribes"? They were never nomadic.

When growing up in the west I felt so much shame of my roots because everything is and was always destroyed. Finally after I got older got more pride in my Dagestani roots.

السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته How Can I get in contact with you?

I found another mistake. In the video it says that the start of resistance and first imam was Gazi Muhammad. It wasn't. First movement was from Chechnya and the first imam was Shaikh Mansur - declared as an imam of whole Caucasus. Gazi Muhammad was second imam of Caucasus. Not the first. Correct this! It insults our memory! I'm going to watch further to see if there are more mistakes...

I come here after i admire khabib.i want to know about his land and people

Inaccurate on Avar khaganat part. They didn’t rule over all the avar villages , in the ancient times maybe , but not in this period. Agars often didn’t acknowledge them and created Free communities, where lived by their own laws and no one touched them. All three Imams were Avar. Also, Dagestan as a whole was never part of Persia , maybe Lezgistan , but definitely not the other parts. There is zero traces of any kind of influence in Avar , Lak, Dargin etc. Ethnicities of any kind of Persian influence.

What's up with your pronunciation of Shamil? what are you basing this on?

Whats the song in the very beginning?

Are you going to make a discord server?

Ahhhh, finally origin of smesh, berry good my brother

Since your bread and butter is middles east / North African Muslims have you done an episode on the “old man on the mountain?” If not that would be my request.

thank you for video . I am Turkey Circassian please mention about Circassian genocide next video . Circassian genocide is one of the most brutal genocidies in the world more than 800.000 people died . Genocide effected all of the caucasian people's . My father is Circassian and my mother is muslim osetian. some muslim ossetian people also affected this genocide . Nobody in the world knows about this genocide.

9:12 "female ruler of Avars paxu pixi"?? The mother of young crown prince Nutsalkhan and Umakhan. Bakhu is an Avar name. Bika is a title for a wife of prince or a king. Her name was Bakhu Bika. She was not a ruler of Avars.

Do a video on Imam Shamil. He was Imama of Chechnya and Dagestan. At the time of war against Russian Empire

Bro you really gotta stop pronouncing "kh" as "x" instead of hard "k". Even we don't pronounce it that deep down in our throat here in the Caucasus, sounds a bit bad when you keep on doing it with every word. Also, the image at 8:24 is of Kazakhs, not Chechens. Great vid though, cheers!

Agha in Turkish doesn't really translate to eunuch. It just means sir. It's kinda like eunuchs serving court taking ser title.

Hello..Thanks for making a video about the Caucuses and Chechen liberation movement which starts in Chechnya about 400 years ago..and while i commend you for your efforts..I do have some issues with your video that you fail to mention..and that's about the great figure "Imam Mansour"who was a foundational and integral part of the Caucasian liberation movement for freedom..and any mention of Caucasian history is seriously deficient without him being mentioned.. I urge you to make a video of this figure and his fundamental principles in the resistance of the russian invasions of the caucuses. "Imam Mansuor" or Ushurma [his chechen name] was born in 1732 OR 1759 [historian different opinions ] in a chechen village called Aldy.. 'Indeed,for Chechens Imam Mansur is the forefather and pre-founder both of the main ideas of the [Chechen] National Liberation Movement and of the aspiration for a political unification of the North Caucasian people, He is also regarded as the initiator of the Chechens long National-Liberation struggle which is still being waged. [ The Lone Wolf and The Bear: Three Centuries of Chechen Defiance of Russia Rule, Moshe Gammer, Pg. 27 ] ' Mansur, it seems was the first to realise that on their own the different mountain communities would have no chance of resisting a great power such as russia. Hence his grand strategy (adopted and developed by later leaders of resistance) of following two separate but parallel paths: one, to unite all the mountaineers (and also the steppe nomads) in armed resistance to russia, and two to obtain ottoman assistance'. [ The Lone Wolf and the Bear Pg. 28 ] All Caucasians followed Imam Mansur from Chechens, Dagistanis, Circassians..etc. He defeated the russian military many times, one of his famed battles was the battle of Sunzha in 1785 which shocked the russian empire. He lead Chechens and Dagistanis and defeated russians in Kislyar. He lead armies in Kabardina and Circassians in Anapa. Finally after years of fighting unequal battles outnumbered many times, russians shot a Canon close to him which caused him to fall unconscious and was captured, and imprisoned for the rest of his life and died in the prison.

Nobody called Imam Ghazimuhammad just Ghazi. His name is Ghazimuhammad.

How come some of the places shown have no trees?

One error - Agha does not translate to Eunuch. How did you guys even come up with that translation? Agha (Turkish: ağa; Ottoman Turkish: آغا; Persian: آقا, romanized: āghā; "chief, master, lord") is an honorific title for a civilian or officer, or often part of such title.

what's the music at the start

The fact that the ethnic groups in Caucasus formed a united front against the Russian Empire made me question one thing: Why the Central Asian Khanates did not form a united front and alliances with the Afghans and the British Raj of India to fight off the Russian Empire?

THANK YOU FOR video about my homeregion but You are wrong!Hamzat Bek then GaziMuhammad and after Shamil that how it was )

a wow video with breathtaking artwork shamyl is one my greatest heroes integrity on steroids slava ukrayini fighting the russkies as the chechens fought them 30 or so years ago

6:38 sorry but this is not Imam Ghazi Muhammad. This is Imam Shamil's son in law Abdurahman(1837-1901). That's his photo from colonel Appolon Runovski's archives.

Even I reside in Indian occupied Kashmir we also celebrate Naqashbandi sofi festival on Ramdhan 21

MASHAALLAH

Please don't forget Circassians, they were allies to Chechens and Dagestanis but their fate was not as fortunate as the other two😢

the towers he shows weren't from chechnya but from ingushetia and were called the erzi towers 17:15

Chechens appeared in the Caucasus only 250 years ago in the form of a Russian project to divide the world's oldest Ingush (or Ghalghay) people into parts. Thus, Chehen is a baby tribe compared to other nations. The formation of the Chechen tribes took place in 3 stages: 1) Migration in the 16th century of some Ingush (or Ghalghay) teips to the East, where they began to be called Loamaroy or Tavlintsy in Kumyk. This place is called Ichkeria in Turkic (Vedenskaya and Nozhai-Yurt regions of modern Chechnya). 2) The migration of the Avars to the West in the 17th century and the foundation by the Avar Khan Turlov of the village of Chechen-aul (Chachan) - the capital of his Avar Khanate - south of modern Grozny. The settlement of the region by Cossacks, Kumyks, mountain Jews (tats) Avars, deserted Russian soldiers, Nogais, Georgians, Circassians. They began to be called Chachans. 3) Descent from the mountains of the Ingush-Loamara (Tavlintsy) and their mixing with the Chachans of the plane. At the same time, fugitives and criminals from all over the world are being accepted into the Chachan society following Chechen custom of “Stubina vosh”, including Russians and Cossacks, who get chechenized over time. As a result, today we have modern Chechens. Next comes the chechenization of these peoples, largely due to the promiscuity of tsarist officials and generals, who called everyone by this name indiscriminately for their own convenience. The fact is that the name "Ingush" in the 18th century has not yet taken root, and the name "G1alg1ay" is difficult to pronounce in Russian and European languages. The word "Chechen" is easy to pronounce. For this banal reason, the Russians began to call the Ingush (or Ghalghay) as Chechens. And as you know from the fable about the lion, if you call a lion a donkey for a long time, then he will eventually start sounding like a donkey. This apparently happened to the Ingush (or Ghalghay) living in Ichkeria and on the territory of modern Achkhoi-Martan, Urus-Martan, Nadterechny, Itum-Kalinsky, Shatoisky, Sharoisky, Galay-Chozhsky and Grozny regions, which are the national territories of the Ingush (or Ghalghay). And modern Chechens are thus non-purebred Ingush (or Ghalghay). In fact, these are chechenized Ingush (or Ghalghay). The Chechenization of the Ingush continues to this day through the efforts of Russia.

One thing I noticed is Afghans, Dagestanis, Chechens have very strong noses (Sometimes big too). A sharp strong nose does have a role to play on what kind of a person it might be.

But it was not Russia alone that defeated Persia. The British invaded from the South and East. They divided what remained of Persia udner British and Russian influence. This is the same Persia that rivaled the Ottoman Empire.

always assumed chechens and dagestanis are turkic since attila, the golden horde etc ruled over these areas, but theyre not

The real question how dagstan and Chechnya became so religious even though they are technically Europeans

The peoples of the Caucasus speak about 50 languages. Now there is technology, but what language did they use and communicate in common then?

Europe & Asia =Eurasia must be the most beautiful land scape in the world and most diverse absolutely beautiful the lands of the children of Japheth