Zhaney
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Жанэ | |
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| File:Бэчкъан-01.svg The tamga of the Bechkan branch, which belongs to the Zan princely dynasty ruling the Zhaney tribe. | |
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| Adyghe (Zhaney sub-dialect) | |
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| Predominantly: Sunni Islam | |
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| Other Circassian tribes |
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The Zhaney (Adyghe: Жанэ, romanized: Janə; Russian: Жанеевцы, romanized: Žaneevcy), or Jane, were one of the twelve major Circassian tribes, representing one of the twelve stars on the green-and-gold Circassian flag.[1] Modern descendants live in Adygea.
History
[edit | edit source]The Zhaney were a very powerful Circassian tribe in the past.[2] They lived the north of the Natukhai tribe's land on the coast of the Black Sea and Azov Sea in Eastern Europe. A map of the 17th century also shows they lived right by the coast of the lower flow of Kubans, beyond Taman and Atchu. As a result of the bloody Russian–Circassian War and the subsequent genocide, the Zhaney tribe was almost wholly destroyed, as only 3 families survived, those being Zhane, Zhanov, and Zhenetl'.
See also
[edit | edit source]- Other Circassian tribes:
- Abzakh
- Besleney
- Bzhedug
- Hatuqwai
- Kabardian
- Mamkhegh
- Natukhai
- Shapsug
- Temirgoy
- Ubykh
- Yegeruqwai