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This site is mainly concerned with the dissemination of Circassian culture and Circassian folklore. There will be an attempt to increase the Circassian language content on the Internet, which is almost non-existent, mainly due to the woeful neglect of the Circassian institutions in the Caucasus, which systematically fail to put out information in the Circassian language. Whether this is official policy to marginalize Circassian or plain disregard for their native language, the result is that the Circassian language is diminishing in status even in the heart of Circassia.

The contents of the site are edited by Amjad Jaimoukha

• Circassian Bibliography   (new)

• Bibliography of the North Caucasus

• Bibliography of the Kabardian Language
  

• Bibliography of the Circassians in Jordan

Circassian culture and folklore: 

The Circassian Minstrels (Àäûãý ÄæýãóàêIóý)  (new; from the forthcoming book Circassian Culture and Folklore ) 

Àäûãý ïñàëúýæüõýðè ïñàëúàôýõýðè  (2) ( Circassian Proverbs & Sayings , 2)   (new; from the forthcoming book Circassian Culture and Folklore ) 

• The Circassian Language    (new)
  

• Circassian Language and Culture

• Circassian Lexicography  (Dictionaries of the Circassian language)   (new)

• Latinized Kabardian Alphabet
  

• The Secret Language of the Hunters (ÙàêIóýáçý)
  

Circassian Religion & Mythology:

Ancient Circassian Religion & Mythology    (new)

Circassian New Year    (new)

The Nart Sagas of the Circassians:

Àäûãý íàðò ïñûñýõýð (The Nart Tales of the Circassians)   (new)

Selected Nart tales:

Ñîñðûêúóý ìàôIý êúåõü
Sosriqwe Fetches Fire (Circassian equivalent of the Prometheus legend)

Ëúýïù è ãúóùI Iýäýì è õúûáàð
The Story of Lhepsch’s Iron Tongs

More Nart tales 

If you have any difficulty in obtaining copies of the books shown on this page, please contact SPINDOX Publishing House at: jaimoukha@gmail.com 

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The Circassians: A Handbook (Click for more details) by  Amjad Jaimoukha Published by Curzon Press (ISBN 0 7007 0644 5)  (Curzon Press is now RoutledgeCurzon , part of the Taylor & Francis Group ) In the Series: Caucasus World Distributed in the USA by Routledge/New York Also co-published by Palgrave Macmillan .(St. Martin's Press) in the USA  (ISBN: 0312239947) Click here for reviews and more details

The Chechens: A Handbook by Amjad Jaimoukha Published in January 2005 by  Routledge , part of the Taylor & Francis Group In the Series: Caucasus World