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IRAQI CIRCASSIANS (Chechens, Dagestanis, Adyghes)
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ENDNOTES
1 In this report the term “Circassian”, which was used as the common name for the whole North
Caucasian communities by the Ottoman Empire, is used. Circassian is the common name for
the autochtonous communities (Adyghe, Abkhaz, Karachay, Balkar, Oset, Chechen, Ingush,
Dagestanis etc.) in North Caucasus
2 Retired Full General Mohammad Abdulkadir Al-Dagestani, “Chechens in Iraq”, Al Tadamun
Magazine, No 7 and 8, June 2006, p.20.
3 Divans might be defined as cultural centers, created by the well-known families of the area and
whch gather the local people.
4 Muayyed Hasan Musfata Beg, “Bağdat’ta Bulunan Çerkes Ailelerinin Meclis ve Divanları”, Al-
Tadamun Magazine, no 19-20, March 2012, p. 32-34.
5 Retired Lieutenant General Mohammed Abdülkadir Abdurrahman Al-Dagestani, ”Chechens in
Iraq”, Al-Tadamun Magazine, No 7 ve 8, June 2006, p. 20. You can reach the whole document
on www.sukhneh.com
6 Muayyed Hasan Musfata Beg, “Bağdat’ta Bulunan Çerkes Ailelerinin Meclis ve Divanları”, Al-
Tadamun Magazine, no 19-20, March 2012, p. 32-34.
7 Notes on the interview with Abdülhamit Mustafa Necip
8 Retired Lieutenant General Mohammed Abdülkadir Abdurrahman Al-Dagestani, ”Chechens in
Iraq”, Al-Tadamun Magazine, No 7 ve 8, June 2006, p. 20.
9 Caucasian News Agency, May 2005, Caucasian Foundation official website.
10 Abdullah Mehmedof, “Dünya’da Dağıstan ve Dağıstanlılar”, Translation: Ziyad El-Mulla, Damascus
1889, p. 83.
11 Interview with Al-Tadamun Society Director Ahmed Katav, Al-Tadamun Magazine, no 15-16,
March 2010, p. 13.
12 Al-Tadamun Magazine, “Silahlı Milisler Çeçen (Hamidiye) Köyü’nü Yaktı ve Yıktı”, Al-Tadamun
Magazine, no 11-12, December 2007, p. 1.
13 Attorney Mahmud Nedim İsmail and a group of researcher, “Irak Köylerini İyileştirme Projesi”,
Baghdad 1954.
14 Selahattin Nacioğlu, ”Tuzhurmatu ve Çevresinde Bulunan Çeçen Aileleri”, Al-Tadamun Magazine,
No 5 and 6, December 2005, sp 18-19.
15 “Tuzhurmatu ve civarındaki Çeçen Aileleri”, Al-Tadamun Magazine, No 5 and 6, December
2005.
16 Attorney Sadık El-Cimeli, “Fallujah’nin İnşasında Çerkeslerin Rolü”, Al-Tadamun Magazine, No
9 and 10, March 2007.
17 Interview with Chechen Hadji Said Rahim Khali “Süleymaniye’de Çeçenler”, Al-Tadamun Magazine,
No 5 and 6, December 2005, p. 22.
18 Abdullah Mehmedof, “Dünya’da Dağıstan ve Dağıstanlılar”, Translation: Ziyad El-Mulla, Damascus
1889, p. 84.
19 Retired Lieutenant General Mohammed Abdülkadir Abdurrahman Al-Dagestani, ”Irak’ta
Çeçenler”,Al-Tadamun Magazine, No 7 ve 8, June 2006, p. 20.
20 The picture was taken during a speech of Dagestani. A part of the speech is given in the Arabic
sentences on the right of the picture. The translation of the paragraph is : We paid visits to embassies
of more than 30 countries. However, none of them gave any accurate information about
the number of Circassian population in Iraq. When we paid a visit to the Russian Ambassador
in Iraq Jafil Hasan, he said they do not have any information on Dagestanis who immigrated
to Iraq, but that hundreds of Circassians served within the Iraqi army. According to the official
figures, approximately 15 thousand Circassians live in Iraq. Circassians living in Iraq settled in
southern Erbil, Zaho, and Duhok.”
21 The translation of the Arabic sentence under the Emblem is: “One for all, all for one”
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