Zhane tribe

Zhane
Жанэ
The tamga of the Bechqan princely house which ruled the Zhane Principality
Languages
Adyghe (Zhane sub-dialect)
Religion
Predominantly: Sunni Islam
Related ethnic groups
Other Circassian tribes

The Zhane were one of the twelve major Circassian tribes, representing one of the twelve stars on the green-and-gold Circassian flag. They lived in the Zhane Principality of Circassia.

History

The Zhane were a very powerful Circassian tribe in the past. They lived the north of the Natukhaj tribe's land on the coast of the Black Sea and Azov Sea in Eastern Europe. A map of the 17th century also shows they lived right by the coast of the lower flow of Kubans, beyond Taman and Atchu. As a result of the bloody Russian–Circassian War and the subsequent genocide, the Zhaney tribe was almost wholly destroyed, as only 3 families survived.

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References

  1. ↑ Тов, Замира Дзепшевна (2008). "Публицистический компонент в творчестве адыгских просветителей (С. Хан-Гирей «Черкесские предания»)" [The Journalistic Component in the Creative Work of Adyghe Enlighteners (S. Khan-Girey's "Circassian Legends")]. Вестник Адыгейского государственного университета. Серия 2: Филология и искусствоведение (in Russian) (4 (37)): 79–82. ISSN 2074-1065.
  2. ↑ "Circassians". Adiga-home.net. 2010. Archived from the original on August 20, 2014. Retrieved 17 May 2016. The 12 Circassian tribes: Abadzeh Besleney Bzhedug Yegeruqay Zhaney Kabarday Mamheg Natuhay Temirgoy Ubyh Shapsug Hatukay. The twelve stars on the Adyghe Flag also refers to the twelve tribes.
  3. ↑ Richmond, Walter (2013). The Circassian genocide. Genocide, political violence, human rights series. New Brunswick: Rutgers Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0-8135-6069-4.
  4. ↑ Дубровин, Н. (1871). Исторія войны и владычества русскихъ на Кавказѣ. Томъ I: Очеркъ Кавказа и народовъ его населяющихъ [History of the War and Domination of Russians in the Caucasus. Volume I: An Essay on the Caucasus and the Peoples Inhabiting It] (in Russian). Vol. 1. Saint Petersburg: Типографія Департамента Удѣловъ. pp. 157–158, 163–164.

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