Abkhāz - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE - مرکز و کتابخانه مطالعات اسلامی به زبان های اروپایی

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" Abkhāz - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE "
Tsibenko, Veronika

Document Type	:	AL
Language of Document	:	English
Record Number	:	1059637
Doc. NO	:	ALei34
Main Entry	:	Tsibenko, Veronika
Title & Author	:	Abkhāz - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE\ Tsibenko, Veronika
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE
Note	:	(1,581 words)
Abstract	:	The Abkhaz (Abkhāz) are inhabitants of the eastern Black Sea coast, in the Caucasus region. This ethnonym comes from Greek (άβασγοί) through Georgian (აფხაზები); the autonym is “Apswa.” Using primarily linguistic data, the origins of Abkhazians can be traced back to the Abeshla tribe of ancient Anatolia, first mentioned in Assyrian inscriptions of the twelfth century B.C.E. Greek sources of the fifth to first centuries B.C.E. mention the Heniochi as inhabiting the part of Colchis that is present-day Abkhazia. In the first century B.C.
Subject	:	Islam.
electronic file name	:	ALei34.pdf