The contents of the site are edited by Amjad Jaimoukha

This site is mainly concerned with the dissemination of Circassian culture and Circassian folklore. There will be an attempt to increase the Circassian language content on the Internet, which is almost non-existent, mainly due to the woeful neglect of the Circassian institutions in the Caucasus (and elsewhere), which, with very few exceptions, systematically fail to put out information in the Circassian language.

Last updated: 11 October 2008

Circassian Corsets, … a Fashion Craze, Amazons, Disposable Body Parts, and Ancient Circassians: A Quaint Tale Told in Quotes

 

Mapping Circassian Responses to the August 2008 Caucasian War:

Personal Musings on the Current Political Situation of the Circassians and Circassian Independence

 

Circassian Proverbs and Sayings. The whole book is now available on line (197 pages; about 3,000 Circassian entries with English equivalents and comments, the largest collection of its kind to date).

 

الأمانة العلمية: التحديات في سبيل إحقاقها وكيفية التصدي لها

Scientific Integrity

New booklet: ЖЭМЫХЪУЭ ЛЪЭПКЪЫМ И ТХЫДЭ (The History of the Jaimoukha [Jamoukha, Jamokha] Clan), by: Ahmed (Yura) M. Zhemix'we, Nalchik: M. and V. Kotlyarov Publishing House, 2008. (Тхылъ зытхар: Жэмыхъуэ Мухьэмэд и къуэ Ахьмэдù [Юрэ])

Forthcoming articles & projects:

Yura Schenibe (Shanibov): The Circassian Garibaldi

Circassian Figures of Note

• Circassian Bibliography   (Has some 2,000 entries, including more than one hundred online books, articles and dissertations. Last updated: 9 October 2008. New compilation policy: Systematic inclusion of works in Circassian and Russian – books, theses, dissertations, papers, articles)

• Bibliography of the North Caucasus

• Bibliography of the Kabardian Language
  

• Bibliography of the Circassians in Jordan

Circassian Culture & Folklore: 

Purveyors of Circassian culture and folklore:

The Circassian Minstrels (Àäûãý ÄæýãóàêIóý)  (from the forthcoming book Circassian Culture and Folklore) 

The Bag of an Imagined Circassian Minstrel (an ongoing project to recreate an idealized Circassian bard)

Circassian proverbs and sayings:

Circassian Proverbs and Sayings. The whole book is now available on line (some 200 pages; about 3,000 Circassian entries with English equivalents and comments).

Àäûãý ïñàëúýæüõýðè ïñàëúàôýõýðè  (2) (Circassian Proverbs & Sayings, 2)   (from the forthcoming book Circassian Culture and Folklore) 

Circassian onomastics:

Circassian Names (Àäûãý ßïýöIýõýð) (Collection of lists of original Circassian first names)

Circassian Music:

Circassian Song Lyrics (Àäûãý Óýðýäõýì ß Ïñàëúýõýð) (a continuously updated collection of song lyrics. Will be divided into genres in good time. Any contribution is most welcome)

Craftsmanship & Cottage Industries:

North Caucasian Weapons

Circassian Language & Literature:

• The Circassian Language   (Àäûãýáçý)
  

• Circassian Language and Culture (Àäûãýáçýðý Àäûãý Ùýíõàáçýðý [Êóëüòóðýðý])

• Circassian Lexicography  (Àäûãý ïñàëúàëúý ùIýíûãúý; Dictionaries of the Circassian language)  

• Kabardian Grammar

• Latinized Kabardian Alphabet
  

• The Secret Language of the Hunters (ÙàêIóýáçý) (expanded and upgraded on 26 July 2008)

• Language of Dissent: Language, Ethnic Identity, and Bilingual Education Policy in the North Caucasus (by: Eve Rachel Greenfield)

• Alim Kishoka (Àëèì ÊIûùîêúóý, Ch'ischoqwe, Kishokov): The Kabardian Literary Giant (updated and upgraded on 9 August 2008)

Talking in the Caucasus (a witty poem by JonArno Lawson)

For researchers actively interested in the revival of the Ubykh language and culture

Circassian Religion & Mythology:

Ancient Circassian Religion & Mythology    

Circassian Pantheon

Circassian New Year    

The Nart Sagas of the Circassians:

Àäûãý íàðò ïñûñýõýð (The Nart Tales of the Circassians)  

Selected Nart tales:

Ñîñðûêúóý ìàôIý êúåõü
Sosriqwe Fetches Fire (Circassian equivalent of the Prometheus legend)

Ëúýïù è ãúóùI Iýäýì è õúûáàð
The Story of Lhepsch’s Iron Tongs

More Nart tales

Circassian Societies:

The Social Structure of the Circassians  

The Kabardian Class System: Social Hierarchy in Eastern Circassia

Circassian Family Life  
The Circassians in Jordan

The Circassians in Jerash (possible booklet project; last modified: 10 August 2008; comments and suggestions are welcome)
The Circassians in Kosovo Polje

The Circassians in Poland: The Five Princes from the 'Five Mountains'

Circassian History:

The Circassians in the Mamluk Kingdom
The Caucasian Borderland

Politics:

North Caucasian Federation: Part I: The Northwest Caucasus: Or, the Recreation of Circassia (and eventually Greater Circassia)

Day of Mourning, Day of Hope [Àäûãý ùûãúóý ìàõóý]

If you have any difficulty in obtaining copies of the books shown on this page, please contact SPINDOX Publishing House at: jaimoukha@gmail.com 

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The Circassians: A Handbook (Click for more details) by  Amjad Jaimoukha Published by Curzon Press (ISBN 0 7007 0644 5)  (Curzon Press is now RoutledgeCurzon , part of the Taylor & Francis Group ) In the Series: Caucasus World Distributed in the USA by Routledge/New York Also co-published by Palgrave Macmillan .(St. Martin's Press) in the USA  (ISBN: 0312239947) Click here for reviews and more details

The Chechens: A Handbook by Amjad Jaimoukha (with contributions from JonArno Lawson) Published in January 2005 by  Routledge, part of the Taylor & Francis Group In the Series: Caucasus World   Also available in a number of e-book formats from the publishers and Amazon.com

 

Book project: Circassia Matters  

List of contemporary must-read (seminal) books on the Circassians and associated issues (new)

Essential links to sites that promote the Circassian language and culture