Khamkhins

Khamkhins (Ingush: Хамхой, romanized: Khamkhoy^[1]), also known as Ghalghaï,^[2][3][4][5] were a historical Ingush ethnoterritorial society,^[a] which was located in the upper reaches of the Assa River. The Khamkhin society, like the Tsorin society, was formed from the former "Ghalghaï society" as a result of the transfer of rural government to Khamkhi.^[5]

Khamkhins

Хамхой
Idris Zyazikov [ru], representative of the society.
Regions with significant populations
Ingushetia
Languages
Ingush
Religion
Sunni Islam

The Khamkhin society continued to be synonymously called "Ghalghaï", after the name of the historical region "Ghalghaïche", on the territory of which the society was formed. The name "Ghalghaïche" in turn comes from the self-name of the Ingush - "Ghalghaï", which had a central and broad meaning in Ingushetia, being a common self-name for other Ingush societies, united by a common territory, common language and culture.^[19][20]

Geography

In the west Khamkhins bordered with the Fyappins, in the north with the Galashians, in the east with the Tsorins, in the south with Georgia.

Notes

1. Khamkhins were mentioned as an Ingush society by Blaramberg,^[6] "Overview of the political state of the Caucasus in 1840",^[7] "Caucasian Territory // Military Statistical Review of the Russian Empire, 1851",^[8] Ivanov,^[9] Bulletin of the Caucasian Department of the Imperial Russian Geographical Society,^[4] Volkonsky,^[10] Maksimov and Vertepov,^[5] Pantyukhov,^[11] Martirosian,^[12] Krupnov,^[13] Volkova,^[14] Dagestani branch of the Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union,^[15] G. Anchabadze,^[16] Indiana University^[17] and V. A. Kuznetsov.^[18]