Weekly Georgian Etymology: დაღესტანი Dağesṭani 'Daghestan', from Ottoman Turkish داغستان Dağıstan, from dağ mountain and Persian e-stan land of, from Turkic *dāg and PIE *stéh₂nom. Replaced smaller regional names like ლეკეთი Leḳeti and ხუნძეთი Xundzeti as a learnèd borrowing.

Jordanian Chechens demonstrate against Russian military action in Chechnya, 1990s.

Riders of the Kabardian Horse Regiment in Montenegro. World War I, 1915.

С Новым счастьям всех!!

A. Karaşuk'un fırçasından geleneksel kıyafetleri ve silahları ile Dağlılar Kırmızı: Çerkes Knezi (XIX. yüzyılın ilk yarısı) Kahverengili: Osetin (XVIII. yüzyılın sonu-XIX. yüzyılın başı) Mavili: Çeçen Beyazlı: İmam Şamil'in bir müridi

Everyone's entitled to their opinion on what's happening in Kazakhstan. My only polite request is whatever your POV, don't deny Kazakhs their agency. Not everything is about geopolitics, not everything is about foreign interference. Sometimes people just want to feed their kids.

Can confirm

Thank you for a great conference! #MLA22 Wonderful people and good vibes all around 🙏🏼

Had to make an emergency landing in Nalchik on my way to #Vladikavkaz due to horrible fog! But hey, at least I was closer to Elbrus 🏔 :)

Founder of Ensemble Iriston Maharbek Pliev addressing the Ossetian diaspora in his native language 🙏🏼 🏔

Город Тырныауз. Кабардино-Балкарская республика

The cover of my book has gone live. It will be out in August 😊

Empire of Refugees is officially out today!

يسر قسم التاريخ دعوتكم لحضور لقاء علمي بعنوان ( المستشارون والمثقفون حول الملك عبدالعزيز ١٣٣٨ - ١٣٥٨هـ ) المتحدث : أ. مايكل باطاليا إدارة الحوار : د. فارس بن متعب المشرافي التفاصيل في المرفق.

Kafkasya Okumalarının 25. oturumu, Alika Zangieva'nın moderatörlüğünde gerçekleşti. Oturumda, 'Başıbozuk Savaşçıdan Makbul Tebaaya: 1877-1878 Osmanlı-Rus Savaşı’nda Osmanlı Ordusunda Çerkes Muhacirler' başlıklı makale ele alındı.

Thrilled to have met the legendary Historian İlber Ortaylı! Thank you to the KafkasVakfı for their tremendous work in history and cultural preservation 🤗🙏

Tremendous first few days in Ankara KAFDAV with Sefer Berzeg, Murat Duman, Dr Erdoğan Boz and more!!

A few thoughts on the Armenia-Azerbaijan 'peace deal' that was 'signed' in Washington, DC a few days ago. Short version: it changes less than it leaves unchanged from previous meetings. ✍️

Thank you to the German Department for a wonderful day of psychoanalysis 🗣️The Helix Center Parapraxis

Tremendous book talk at Stanford's Abbasi Program in Islamic Studies and History Department, featuring Robert G. Morrison’s "Merchants of Knowledge: Intellectual Exchange in the Ottoman Empire and Renaissance Europe” 👏🙏