Kurchaloy (teip)

Kurchaloy (Chechen: Курчалой) is a Chechen teip (clan) from the historic region of Ichkeria and belongs to the tukkhum Nokhchmakhkakhoy, also called Ichkerians. The centre of the teip is the village Verkhny Kurchali, which is located in the Vedensky District.

Kurchaloy
Курчалой

Men of the teip Kurchaloy 19th-century
Total population
70,000
Regions with significant populations
Russia	60,000
Chechnya	50,000
Languages
Chechen (Nokhchmakhkakhoy)
Religion
Suni Islam

Geography

Members of the teip live all across the Chechen Republic and the Aukh region of today’s Dagestan.^[1] Some live in Jordan where the city of Zarqa was founded.^[2]

• Kurchaloy
• Shali
• Starye Atagi
• Novye Atagi
• Alkhan-Yurt
• Sredny Kurchali
• Nizhny Kurchali

History

Family tree of Kurchaloy clan

The ancient village of Kurchal is located in the mountains of the Vedeno region, founded in the 13th century.^[3] The name of the Chechen teip Kurchaloy (teip) laid the basis for the name of the city of Kurchaloy and Kurchaloyevsky District.^[4]

In the Vedensky district there is a mountain peak Kurchaloy^[5]

The family tree

Genealogical tree of the Kurchaloyans from Nashkh came Kushul. Kushul — Kurchalha (12th century) — Khanbilha — Chabalkha — Chaykha — Chergishkha — Begal — Oku — Tovla — Maila (Maig) — Tovbolat — Tembolat — Timirbolat — Bersa (the first preacher of Islam — 1561.) — Turlo — Abbas — Mokhmad-ela — Murtaz-ela — Aidamir — Edalgir — Bulun Botakh (naib in Ichkeria — 1858).^[6][7]

Notable Kurchaloy

• Bersa Sheikh — preacher, religious figure sheikh.
• Talkhig of Shali — naib Imam Shamil.
• Tovbolat Kurchaloevsky — was a Chechen outlaw (abrek) and military figure who participated in the Caucasian War.
• Magomed Shataev — was a Chechen public figure of the Soviet period.