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Tashaw-Hadji (1770 – died 1843 or later) was one of the prominent leaders of the Caucasian resistance during the Caucasian War, a companion of imam Shamil. He was the imam of Chechnya since 1834. Upon the death of Gazi-Muhammad, he was one of the major candidates at the elections of the Imam of Dagestan, losing to Shamil by one vote only. Later, he became one of the mudirs of Imam Shamil. He was also the governor (naib) of Aukh.

Early biography

Origin

Tashaw-Hadji was born in the village of Endirey in the Northern Kumykia. According to the majority of sources he was of Kumyk origin.

Some contemporary historians both mention him as Kumyk and Chechen

Some contemporary historians claim that the ethnicity of Tashaw-Hadji remains unknown, while noting that the village of Endirey had a mixed Chechen-Kumyk population. Others suggest that he could have been both a Kumyk or a Chechen.

For example, Moshe Gammer, a researcher of Caucasus, writes that in the local written sources in Arabic language Tashaw calls himself "al-Indiri", which means "from Endirey", thus concluding that Tashaw could have been both a Kumyk or a Chechen, as the Kumyk village of Endirey had a present Chechen minority. At the same time, Moshe Gammer mentions Tashaw as an "Indiri Kumyk, leader of Chechens". Tashaw-Hadji himself spoke vaguely about his ethnic belonging, same way as Imam Shamil.

There is also a version that he could have been a Chechen, born in the village of Michik. Soviet researcher Anna Zaks writes about Tashaw as a Kumyk, a native of Endirey, criticizing the version about his Chechen origin and about his alleged birth in Michik. To refute the theory she is citing the work of imam Shamil's personal scribe Muhammad Tahir al-Qarahi.

Before the Caucasian war

In the 1820s, Tashaw was a mullah in his native Endirey. He studied under prominent Dagestani religious figures, Said of Arakan and Muhammad of Yarag.

Tashaw-Hadji took part in the resistance to the Russian Empire led by Beibulat Taimiev in 1818-1826, along with his fellow Endireyans.

In 1831, Tashaw left Endirey, when the exposure of Endirey and its gate-keeping location made it a constant target of all warring parties. According to Anna Zaks, the reason to leave Endirey was in the destruction of a part of the village by the first Imam of Dagestan Gazi-Muhammad, who by doing so hoped to force the wavering part of Endireyans to join his struggle. It was at that time that Tashaw fled Endirey and joined the Imam. At the exact same time when Endirey was under attack from Gazi-Muhammad, its crop fields were being burned by the Russian troops in retaliation for resisting the Russian rule. That was the reason why Russian documents referred to Tashaw as to a "fugitive of the Endirey village".

According to another view, proposed by the professor Hasan Orazaev, who refers to local archive materials, the reason for Tashaw leaving Endirey was the treachery from the local "rich men and mullahs", who secretly accepted the submission to the Russian Tsar. Seeing that local population rose against this betrayal of the nobility, even ready to be killed, but not subdued, Tashaw might have decided to join the fight from the mountainous and more protected areas, as Endirey's lowland and easily accessible location had led to it being ravaged multiple times by the Russian troops, during many military campaigns.

After Tashaw had to leave Endirey, he initially settled in Salatavia in the village of Almak, then moved to Chechnya, to the village of Sayasan, which became his last home until his death in 1843 or later.

Notes

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    • Also known as Tashev-Hadji and Tashav-Hadji from Endirey
2. The fact that the village of Endirey had population consisting also of Chechens, was also confirmed by N. S. Semenov. Although according to him, the Chechens were the majority of the population. Overall, the village is mentioned as Chechen by several sources. For example, by General A. P. Yermolov. Historian P. P. Zubov [ru] mentions that Fortress Endirey is located on Chechen lands while Juan Van Halen mentions the village as the capital of the Chechen domains.

References

1. Назир ад-Дургели 2012, p. 142.
2. Мухаммад Тахир аль-Карахи 1941, p. 82.
3. Покровский 2000, pp. 255:
   • "Что же касается Ташов-Хаджи, то этот последний, кумык по происхождению, в описываемое время действовал в Чечне."
   • 258: "Наконец, в письме к ауховцам Ташов-Хаджи называет себя наместником Гази-Мухаммеда, хотя в Дагестане в это время был уже третий имам. Шамилю чеченский вождь, очевидно, не хотел подчиняться."
   • 284: "Трения между этими двумя вождями мюридизма для нас не новость, и нет ничего удивительного в их возобновлении. В результате этого Ташов-Хаджи совершено устраняется от дел и имя его с этого времени исчезает из документов. Что произошло опять между Шамилем и чеченским вождем — нам не удалось выяснить (...)"
4. ^ Ахмадов & Хасмагомадов 2005, p. 134.
5. : "В жителях Эндрея и всех мелких аулов самого верхнего пояса плоскости, населенных по преимуществу отпрысками чеченского племени, явно проявляются черты характера их родичей – чеченцев."
6. Ермолов 1867, p. II. sfn error: no target: CITEREFЕрмолов1867 (help)
7. Зубов 1835, p. 140. sfn error: no target: CITEREFЗубов1835 (help)
8. Gammer 2006.
9. Гаммер 1998, p. 101.
10. Оразаев & Ханмурзаев 2023, pp. 29, 54, 83, 124, 135.
11. Г. М.-Р Оразаев, И. И. Ханмурзаев. «Ташав-Хаджи из Эндирея — Герой Кавказской войны». Российская академия наук. Махачкала. 2023. С.174
12. Г. М.-Р Оразаев, И. И. Ханмурзаев. «Ташав-Хаджи из Эндирея — Герой Кавказской войны». Российская академия наук. Махачкала. 2023. С.174
13. https://www.vostlit.info/Texts/Dokumenty/Kavkaz/XIX/1820-1840/Volkonskij_N_A/text16.htm
14. Г. М.-Р Оразаев, И. И. Ханмурзаев. «Ташав-Хаджи из Эндирея — Герой Кавказской войны». Российская академия наук. Махачкала. 2023. С.63-64
15. Г. М.-Р Оразаев, И. И. Ханмурзаев. «Ташав-Хаджи из Эндирея — Герой Кавказской войны». Российская академия наук. Махачкала. 2023. С.270
16. Каяев Замир-Али. Тарикат и мюридизм в Дагестане. — No. 4 / Советский Дагестан. — 1990. — С. 84.

Bibliography

English sources

• Gammer, M. (2006). The Lone Wolf and the Bear: Three Centuries of Russian Defiance of Russian Rule. pp. 1–.

Russian sources

• Ахмадов, Я. З.; Хасмагомадов, Э. Х. (2005). История Чечни в XIX—XX веках [History of Chechnya in the XIX-XX centuries] (in Russian). М.: Пульс. pp. 1–995. ISBN 5-93486-046-1.
• Гаммер, М. (1998). Шамиль. Мусульманское сопротивление царизму. Завоевание Чечни и Дагестана [Shamil. Muslim resistance to tsarism. Conquest of Chechnya and Dagestan] (in Russian). Translated by Симаков, В. М.: КРОН-ПРЕСС. pp. 1–509. ISBN 5-232-00702-5.
• Каяев Замир-Али (1990). Тарикат и мюридизм в Дагестане [Tarikat and Muridism in Dagestan] (in Russian). pp. 1–. {{cite book}}: |journal= ignored (help)
• Мухаммад Тахир аль-Карахи (1941). Хроника Мухаммеда Тахира ал-Карахи о дагестанских войнах в период Шамиля [Chronicle of Muhammad Tahir al-Karahi about the Dagestan wars during the period of Shamil]. Труды НИИ востоковедения АН СССР (in Russian). Vol. XXXV. Translated by Барабанов, А. М. М.—Л.: Изд-во Академии наук СССР. pp. 1–335.
• Назир ад-Дургели (2012). Услада умов в биографиях дагестанских ученых [The delight of minds in the biographies of Dagestan scientists] (in Russian). М. pp. 1–.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
• Оразаев, Г. М.-Р.; Ханмурзаев, И. И. (2023). Ташав-Хаджи из Эндирея — Герой Кавказской войны (Сборник исследований и материалов) [Tashav-Hadji from Endirey, Hero of the Caucasian War (Collection of documents and materials)] (in Russian). Мх. pp. 1–.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
• Покровский, Н. И. (2000) . Гаджиев, В. Г.; Покровский, Н. Н. (eds.). Кавказские войны и имамат Шамиля [Caucasian Wars and Shamil's Imamate] (in Russian). М.: РОССПЭН. pp. 1–511.
• Ханмурзаев, И. И. (2017). "О поэтическом произведении Ташава-Хаджи Ал-Индири «О спрашивающий меня о господах»" [About the poetic work of Tashava-Khadji Al-Indiri "Oh, asking me about the lords"]. In Малеки, Р.; Гасанов, М. М.; Магомедов, А. Р.; Мамед-задзе, Н. Г.; Галбацова, Ш. С. (eds.). Сборник материалов II. Международной научной конференции (г. Махачкала, 12 октября 2017 г.) [Collection of materials of 2nd International Scientific Conference (Makhachkala, October 12, 2017)] (in Russian). Мх.: Изд-во ДГУ. pp. 168–173. ISBN 978-5-9913-0166-4.

• History of the Kumyk people
• People from Dagestan
• Resistance to the Russian Empire
• 19th-century imams
• People of the Caucasian War
• Muslims from the Russian Empire
• North Caucasian independence activists