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ORSAM CENTER FOR MIDDLE EASTERN STRATEGIC STUDIES The predictions regarding Circassians who were forced to migrate from North Caucasus to Iraq differ to a great extent. Today, it is not possible to reach accurate information indicating the exact number of Circassian population. However, it might be suggested that they constitute 10 thousand of the population. Abdulhamid Mustafa Necip, responsible for Tribal affairs of the Al-Tadamun Society, puts forward that there are 1.890 Chechen families living across Iraq. 7 During the speech Veteran Mohammad Abdulkader Al-Dagestani made in the Association of Friends of the Republic of Chechnya in Jordan on February 2006, he stated that the approximate population of Circassians in Iraq would be 2 thousand people at most. 8 Dr. Ahmad Hussein Katav, deputy-chairman of Executive Board of Al-Tadamun Society, underlines a population over 30 thousand people. 9 Abdullah Mehmedof states that the official data indicates the population as 15 thousand people, and that the aforesaid population live in Duhok, eastern Zaho and southern Erbil. 10 Adyghe village is located in Duhok. In Zaho is found Adyghe (Kabardino) Imam Abdul Mohsin Khan’s tomb. A village called “Abzah” is located in Mosul. Most of the Circassians living away from each other and in different places are known to work in military and public institutions and that most of them are engineers, doctors, journalists and administrators. It is known that there are approximately 18 Circassian tribes which are most prominent in Iraq. Three tribes among those are known to be Chechen. Those Circassian tribes are called; Al-Lezgi, Avar, Kumyk, Shapsugh, and Nakhshoy. 11 The details about the regions where Circassians lived in Iraq are listed below: 1.1. Zindan Village (Al-Hamidiya) / Diyala Images from Al-Hamidiya village attacked by armed groups in 2007 Zindan village which is also called Al-Hamidiya, inspired by the name of the Sultan Abdülhamid II, Emperor of the Ottomans, was created by Chechens in 1880. While the field size of the village in its early times was 20 decare, it reached the size of over 50 decares. In the village, which contains main services such as electricity, water sources, modern roads and schools; the primary school was built in 1947, and the health center was built in 1963 by Shemseddin Halis. The majority of Circassians living in Zindan village are Chechens, and they are members of well-known tribes of Chechnya such as Arshtigoy, Gilgali and 10 ORSAM Report No: 134, November 2012
IRAQI CIRCASSIANS (Chechens, Dagestanis, Adyghes) ORSAM Nishgoy. The Zindan village contains more than 50 families. However, this figure gradually declined as some families migrated to Bakuba or the capital Baghdad which is located 110 kilometers away. Chechens in Zindan village are in a close relationship with their Chechen and Dagestani relatives in neighboring countries, especially such as Syria and Jordan. Prominent figures of these families in the village might be listed as; Murat Aga, Sulaiman Aga, Mohammad Arif Aga, Guba, Saleh Metti, Tubut, Batal, Kindit, Salih Beybert, Aziz Aga, Aslan, Tuveta and Abdulkader Aga. Images from Al-Hamidiya village attacked by armed groups in 2007 The wave of violence in Iraq also hit Al- Hamidiya village. Al-Hamidiya village was attacked by armed groups on 16-17 September 2007. 36 families living in the village left their homes and split into neighboring cities. The armed groups which attacked against the village totally destroyed the whole village. It is claimed that the attack was carried out by the Beni Temim Tribe, an Arab tribe in Diyala. After the attack, the Chechen tribes living in Al-Hamidiya village sent a letter to Beni Temim Tribe and condemned these attacks. The ruins of the school built in 1847 in Al-Hamidiya village, attacked by armed groups in 2007 ORSAM Report No: 134, November 2012 11
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