Radio Adiga: Muhammad Amin: Imam Shamil’s Naib To The Circassians (Part Two)
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posted by eagle on August, 2010 as CIRCASSIA ADIGA
16 08 2010 Muhammad Amin: Imam Shamil’s Naib to the Circassians (Part Two)
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Publication: Eurasia Daily Monitor Volume: 7 Issue: 155 August 11, 2010 03:42 PM Age: 5 days Category: Eurasia Daily Monitor, Home Page, Military/Security, Foreign Policy, The Caucasus, Russia, Turkey  Muhammad Amin With the hope of Ottoman assistance, the North Caucasus mountaineers’ freedom from the claws of Russian colonialism seemed closer than ever. After a long wait, Muhammad Amin's wishes finally came true. The local holy war took on an imperial character. On 9 October 1853, five days after the Ottoman Empire officially declared war on Russia, the Sultan sent a decree [firman] to imam Shamil calling for jihad. [1] Like the imam, the naib did not intend to remain passive in the expected struggle. He continued his vigorous campaign to procure and enlist a large number of local fighters for the joint offensive in Circassia. To prepare for the planned operation, the Porte ... >> full
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Jamestown Foundation: Muhammad Amin: Imam Shamil’s Naib To The Circassians In The Northwest Caucasus
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Muhammad Amin: Imam Shamil’s Naib to the Circassians in the Northwest CaucasusPublication: Eurasia Daily Monitor August 10, 2010 03:26 PM
 Muhammad Amin
Muhammad (Asiyalo) Amin ibn Hajjio al-Honodi al-Daghestani, Shamil's third naib, was the most significant deputy of the imam in the Northwest Caucasus in the mid 19th century. He occupied an important role in Circassian social, religious and political life for more than a decade (1848-1859), mainly among the egalitarian sub-ethnic group, the Abdzakh. His main goals, within Shamil’s jihad (holy war) concept, were "to raise the word of God,” [1] to bring all the divided Circassian sub-ethnic groups to join forces "into one combat body,” [2] and, finally, to join this united force with the imam and all the people of the North Caucasus in a concerted attack against Russian colonial expansion. Muhammad Amin was born around 1818 or 1819 in the Avar village of Honoda in Daghestan. According to Shamil, ... >> full
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NatPress: New Academy To P{romote Circassian Language, Traditions
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New academy to promote Circassian language, traditions
08 August 2010 – 09:30 – NatPress
Source: ammonnews.net
AMMAN (Jordan) - Colourful, thematic performances and music on Friday marked the launch of a new academy designed to preserve and promote Circassian heritage. Performing for a full house at Al Hussein Cultural Centre in Ras Al Ain, the recently established International Circassian Cultural Academy (ICCA) and its dance troupe the "Highlanders” entertained an audience of over 300 people with dances and movements synchronised to lively music. During the ceremony, attended by HRH Prince Ali, patron of the event, and HRH Princess Rym Ali, ICCA President Laila Khwaj said the new academy seeks to preserve the culture, heritage and language of the Circassian people. The ICCA, headquartered in the Jandaweel neighbourhood in western Amman, will serve as a hub for different activities to acquaint young Circassians with their traditions, in addition to providing them with vocational skills, according to organisers. "The academy will hold Circassian language courses, lectures ... >> full
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Radio Adiga: Sy Adyghe! I Am A Circassian! Statement Of "Haekure Habzaere" Newspaper Editorship
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29 07 2010 Sy Adyghe! I am a Circassian! Statement of "Haekure Habzaere" newspaper editorship
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29 July 2010 - 11:05 am - NatPress
Source: Elot.ru
As a result of the genocide committed by the Russian state, instead of the united, integral nation, on the historical Native land only small, separated ethnic islands of Circassians - by the banks of Terek, Baksan, Malka, Zelenchuk, Laba, Kuban, and the Black sea coast - remained. During the Soviet time the decision to declare the rests of the dispersed people was made as four separate peoples: Adygs, Kabardians, Circassians and Shapsugs (despite of the general self-name and the one language), having created for them four different autonomies: 1. Circassian (Adygeyan) autonomous area (center - Krasnodar, since 1936 – Maykop town). In 1927 it was renamed into Adygeyskaya autonomous region. 2. Circassian autonomous region (center – Cherkessk town). In 1957 it was transformed into Karachaevo-Circassian autonomous region. 3. Kabardian autonomous region (center - ... >> full
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