Abadzekh
Encyclopedia
Abadzekhs are a people of Adyghe
branch.
A significant part of them live in diaspora
, which are descendants of refugees (muhajir
s) from the Caucasian War
with the Russian Empire. Their dominant religion is Sunni Islam
. They were among the first Muhajir, starting their exodus in 1879.
(North District
, Israel
). Ruhanya has an Adyghe museum. Another "Circassian" village in Israel is Kfar Kama http://www.planetware.com/israel/kafr-kama-isr-nr-mtkk.htm.
In 1958, Abadzekhs (and other Adyghe) of Israel were allowed to enter military service, which gives a number of privileges.
Adyghe people
The Adyghe or Adygs , also often known as Circassians or Cherkess, are in origin a North Caucasian ethnic groupwho were displaced in the course of the Russian conquest of the Caucasus in the 19th century, especially after the Russian–Circassian War of 1862.Adyghe people mostly speak Adyghe and most...
branch.
A significant part of them live in diaspora
Diaspora
A diaspora is "the movement, migration, or scattering of people away from an established or ancestral homeland" or "people dispersed by whatever cause to more than one location", or "people settled far from their ancestral homelands".The word has come to refer to historical mass-dispersions of...
, which are descendants of refugees (muhajir
Muhajir (Caucasus)
Circassians, the indigenous peoples of the Northwest Caucasus were cleansed from their homeland at the end of the Caucasian War by victorious Russia, which by its manner of suppression of the Caucasus directed at the Crimean Tartars and Circassians can be credited with "inventing the strategy of...
s) from the Caucasian War
Caucasian War
The Caucasian War of 1817–1864, also known as the Russian conquest of the Caucasus was an invasion of the Caucasus by the Russian Empire which ended with the annexation of the areas of the North Caucasus to Russia...
with the Russian Empire. Their dominant religion is Sunni Islam
Sunni Islam
Sunni Islam is the largest branch of Islam. Sunni Muslims are referred to in Arabic as ʾAhl ūs-Sunnah wa āl-Ǧamāʿah or ʾAhl ūs-Sunnah for short; in English, they are known as Sunni Muslims, Sunnis or Sunnites....
. They were among the first Muhajir, starting their exodus in 1879.
Israel
About 4,000 Abadzekhs live in the aoul of Reihanieh (Reihaniya, Reikhanya, Reikhania), in GalileeGalilee
Galilee , is a large region in northern Israel which overlaps with much of the administrative North District of the country. Traditionally divided into Upper Galilee , Lower Galilee , and Western Galilee , extending from Dan to the north, at the base of Mount Hermon, along Mount Lebanon to the...
(North District
North District (Israel)
The Northern District is one of Israel's six administrative districts. The Northern District has a land area of 4,478 km², which increases to 4,638 km² when both land and water are included...
, Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
). Ruhanya has an Adyghe museum. Another "Circassian" village in Israel is Kfar Kama http://www.planetware.com/israel/kafr-kama-isr-nr-mtkk.htm.
In 1958, Abadzekhs (and other Adyghe) of Israel were allowed to enter military service, which gives a number of privileges.
Notable people
- Hulusi Salih PashaHulusi Salih PashaSalih Hulusi Pasha also known as Salih Hulusi Kezrak, was one of the last grand viziers of the Ottoman Empire, under the reign of the last Ottoman sultan Mehmed VI Vahdeddin, between 8 March 1920 and 2 April 1920...
(1885 - 1939); Ottoman Grand VizierGrand VizierGrand Vizier, in Turkish Vezir-i Azam or Sadr-ı Azam , deriving from the Arabic word vizier , was the greatest minister of the Sultan, with absolute power of attorney and, in principle, dismissable only by the Sultan himself...
(1920), admiral, the first minister of Navy of the Republic of Turkey