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Issue 77
HISTORY AND ARCHAEOLOGY
UDK: 94(470.67)
EPITAPHIES AS A HISTORICAL AND ETHNOGRAPHIC SOURCE (ON THE EXAMPLE OF VILLAGES. DAGBASH/AKHWAKH, SHAMIL DISTRICT, REPUBLIC OF DAGHESTAN)
KHAPIZOV Shakhban Magomedovich,
SHEKHMAGOMEDOV Magomed Gadzhievich
Based on analysis of the information contained in the newly discovered Arabic language epitaphs, the article shows the efficiency of the integrated approach in historical and ethnographic researches. This study was carried out by the authors on the example of the village of Dagbash (Akhwakh), the Shamil district of the Republic of Daghestan. The epitaphs of the late XV – early XIX centuries have been studied. They were found on the grave steles of the settlement cemetery and on a stone inserted in the wall of the mosque. The informative part of the epitaphs is analyzed together with the oral traditions, ethnographic observations, as well as data from the Arabic-language written sources. Such an integrated approach made it possible for the authors to date the formation of this rural community, as well as to trace the geography of the migration processes that accompanied this phenomenon. The authors conclude that this community formed before the XV century, as a result of the unification of three more similar settlements located nearby the existing Akhwakh settlement. Later, several more clans (tukhums) formed in Akhwakh, which arose during the sprawl of families of immigrants from other settlements. The clan structure of Akhwakh apparently had formed by the beginning of the XIX century. This approach is quite applicable to studies of similar examples of synoecism in medieval Daghestan. Also, the analysis of epitaphs made it possible to trace the evolution of anthroponomy in the given microregion, as well as its dependence on a change in the religious affiliation of its population. The authors also managed to identify in written sources the original name of the village, which was changed in the 1932 (Akhwakh to Dagbash).
Pages: 16 - 24
Date: 25.06.2020