Caucasian muhajirism

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Caucasian muhajirism refers to the 19th-century mass exodus and forced migration of Muslim peoples from the Caucasus to the Ottoman Empire following Russian imperial conquest and repression.

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Caucasian muhajir movement 1
Caucasian muhajirism canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf forced migration
historical event
population displacement
alsoKnownAs Caucasian muhajirism
surface form: Caucasian muhajir movement
appliesToTerritory North Caucasus
Western Caucasus
characterizedBy ethnic cleansing
forced deportations
religious persecution
destination Ottoman Empire
endTime late 19th century
hasConsequence long-term social disruption in Caucasian societies
spread of Caucasian cultures in Anatolia and the Middle East
hasEffect large-scale resettlement in the Ottoman Empire
mass exodus of Muslim peoples from the Caucasus
hasTopic Caucasian diaspora
Ottoman immigration policies
imperial borderland management
historicalRegionAffected Black Sea coast of the Caucasus
eastern Turkey
surface form: Eastern Anatolia

Levant region
surface form: Levant
involvesEthnicGroup Abkhazians
surface form: Abkhaz

Chechens
Circassians
Dagestani peoples
Ingush
Ubykhs
involvesReligiousGroup Muslims
mainCause Russian imperial conquest of the Caucasus
Russian imperial repression of Muslim populations
motivatedBy religious solidarity with the Ottoman Caliphate
resistance to Russian rule
origin Caucasus
partOf history of Russian imperial expansion
history of the Caucasus
history of the Ottoman Empire
perpetrator Russian Empire
receivingState Ottoman Empire
relatedToEvent Circassian genocide
Russian–Caucasian War
surface form: Russian conquest of the Caucasus
relatedToProcess Russification policies in the Caucasus
result demographic transformation of the Caucasus
formation of Caucasian diaspora communities in the Ottoman Empire
population loss in the North Caucasus
startTime 1850s
studiedInDiscipline diaspora studies
history
migration studies
timePeriod 19th century

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Abkhazians historicalEvent Caucasian muhajirism
Caucasian muhajirism alsoKnownAs Caucasian muhajirism
this entity surface form: Caucasian muhajir movement