Rutul Federation

Former state in what is now Russia

Rutul Federation

Capital| Rutul
Official languages| Rutul
Religion

| Islam
Government| Monarchy
Establishment| 7th century

The Rutul Federation or The Rutul Free Society is a Rutul state located in Southern Dagestan and was formed in the 7th century.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][excessive citations]

Rutuls experienced strong cultural and linguistic pressure from Azerbaijanis and to a lesser extent from Lezghins.[10]

Before the annexation by the Russian Empire, the Rutuls made a federation of multiple rural communities which were known as the "Rutul Magal".[11][12][13][14] This Magal was ruled by a Bek, a permanent leader. These Beks address important issues and are required to convene to a popular assembly.

In the 17th century, the Rutul Federation included Tsakhur villages and captured some Lezgin villages. They did lose two Rutul villages to the Gazikumukh Khanate and two more to the Akhty-para.[14] This free society consisted of Rutul and Lezgi villages and was one of the largest free societies, along with Akhty-para, Alty-para and Dokuz-para free societies.[15]

## History

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In 1536, Rutul attacked Akhty, which was the stronghold of the Safavid power in southern Dagestan. In 1541, Akhty attacked Rutul with the support of the Derbent Khanate. In 1542, Rutul, with the support of the Quba Khanate, again attacked Akhty.[16] In 1574, Gazibek became the leader of the federation.[17]

His name was mentioned several times: in 1588, the Turkish Sultan Murad III wrote a letter to Gazibek, congratulating him on gaining leadership over the federation. In 1598, Shah Abbas offered Gazibek assistance for the Tsakhur ruler Mahmedbek.

There is evidence that already at the end of the 16th century, the Rutul beks had connections with the governments of neighboring countries. It is possible that the Rutul Free Society already existed at that time, as a political association of a significant part of the Rutulians.

One of the confirmations of the ancient age of the Rutul Free Society is a letter from the Tarkov shamkhal to Tsar Fedor Ivanovich dated 1598, in which the Rutul and Khnov troops are mentioned among the allied shamkhal troops.[18]

## Beks

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* Gazibek (1574–1601)
* Ibragimkhan (1626–1635)
* Hasankhan (19th century)

## References

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1. ^ "Рутулы (Rutulians)" (Дагестанская правда ed.). April 2008. Archived from the original on 2008-04-16. "16"
2. ^ Петрович Гагарин, Сергей (1843). Всеобщій географическиій и статистическій словарь (General Geographical and Statistical Dictionary). Типография А. Семёна. p. 4.
3. ^ Гарун Халилович Ибрагимов (1978). Рутульский язык (Rutulian language). Наука. p. 13.Исторически рутульские поселения образовывали территориальные вольные общества
4. ^ Омарович Хан-Магомедов, Селим (1998). Рутульская архитектура (Rutulian architecture). Изд-во Ладья. pp. 54, 56, 339. ISBN 5706801053.
5. ^ Марк Осипович Косвен (1955). Народы Дагестана: сборник статей (Peoples of Dagestan: collection of articles) (Институт этнографии имени Н.Н. Миклухо-Маклая ed.). Изд-во Академии наук СССР. p. 194.
6. ^ Институт истории, языка и литературы им. Г. Цадасы (1957). Очерки истории Дагестана (Essays on the history of Dagestan). Дагестанское книжное изд-во. p. 205.
7. ^ Советская этнография (Р.С.Ф.С.Р. Народный комиссариат просвещения, Институт этнографии имени Н.Н. Миклухо-Маклая ed.). Изд-во Академии наук. 1953. p. 31.
8. ^ Institute of History, Language and Literature. G. Tsadasy. Essays on the history of Dagestan. - Dagestan Book Publishing House, 1957. - Vol. 1. - p. 205.
9. ^ R.S.F.S.R. People's Commissariat of Education, Institute of Ethnography named after N.N. Miklouho-Maclay. Soviet ethnography. - Publishing House of the Academy of Sciences, 1953. - Vol. Volume 1953. - p. 31.
10. ^ Wixman, Ronald (2017). Peoples of the USSR: An Ethnographic Handbook. Routledge. pp. 170/246. ISBN 978-1315475400.
11. ^ Статья Рутулы
12. ^ Агабек Рутульский: забытый наиб Шамиля
13. ^ Статья «Рутульцы»
14. ^ a b Народы Мира. Этнографические очерки. Народы Кавказа (Peoples of the World. Ethnographic Essays. Peoples of the Caucasus). Под ред. М.О.Косвена, Л.И.Лаврова, Г.А.Нерсесова, Х.О.Хашаева. Издательство Академии Наук СССР. 1960.
15. ^ Friedrich, Paul; Levinson, David; Diamond, Norma (1991). Encyclopedia of World Cultures: Russia and Eurasia, China. Vol. 6\. G.K. Hall. pp. (241–243, 318)/527. ISBN 9780816118106.
16. ^ Магомедов Р. М. История Дагестана: Учебное пособие; 8 кл. — Махачкала: Изд-во НИИ педагогики, 2002 г. — 155 страница.
17. ^ Лавров Л. И. Рутульцы (Rutulians) ⁄⁄ В сб. «Народы Дагестана». М., 1955.
18. ^ Советская этнография — Том 1953 — Страница 32, год 1953

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