The article is devoted to the study of the collection of adats of the large community of Karabudakhkent. This legal code differs from other monuments of law of Plain Daghestan mainly by the Arabic language, it was created in, without influence of external factors. Moreover, it is a kind of union of several social agreements concluded in different chronological periods. The author of the article carried out a complete translation of the code under study and conducted its comparative analysis. The analysis showed that “Adat Jamaat Karabudakhkent” is a valuable source for studying various aspects of the socio-political life of the region under study. It clearly demonstrates the desire of the Karabudakhkent community to regulate the relationships of different classes and preserve its political autonomy. In addition, the analysis of the articles of the code under study indicates significant flexibility and transformation of the adat prescriptions, which adapted to certain socio-political conditions.
Pages: 27 - 38
Date: 20.02.2021