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Meskhidze J. Shaykh Batal Hajji from Surkhokhi: towards the history of Islam in Ingushetia // Central Asian Survey (March-June 2006) 25(1-2), 179-191.
Batal Hajji Belkhoroyev has remained a rather enigmatic figure despite the recent heightened interest in the history of Islam in the Caucasus – in Chechnya and Ingushetia in particular. The first published materials about the Shaykh appeared in an article by Klavdii Ivanovich Borusevich in 1893. The author candidly remarked that 'this evidence is disjointed, accidental, because I came across this question merely by chance. Even though the name of Batal Hajji has since been mentioned many times in scientific literature, information about him, his descendents and successors has remained fragmented... PDF-files
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Keywords
Ingushetia
Islam in the Causcasus
Shaykh Batal Hajji
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