Circassians in Jordan
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Circassians in Jordan (Adyghe: Иорданием ис Адыгэхэр, romanized: Yiordaniyem yis Adıgəxer; Arabic: الشركس في الأردن) are decendents of Circassian refugees that arrived in Jordan in the late 19th century, after being exiled during the Circassian genocide in the 1860s and later the Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878). They settled in Jordan, then a part of Ottoman Syria, in and around Amman and Jerash. Circassians are credited with founding modern Amman as the city had been previously abandoned.[7][8]
Quick Facts Иорданием ис Адыгэхэр (Adyghe)الشركس في الأردن (Arabic), Total population ...
Total population | |
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100,000[1][2]–170,000[3][4] | |
Languages | |
Circassian, Jordanian Arabic[5][6] | |
Religion | |
Sunni Islam | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Abkhazians, Abazins, Chechens |
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