Jordanian Chechens are an ethnic group in Jordan of Chechen origin.
| Jordanian Chechens | |
|---|---|
| Abundance and area | |
| Total: 16 thousand | |
 Jordan | |
| Tongue | Arabic , Chechen |
| Religion | Sunni Muslims |
After the Caucasian War in 1865, about 5,000 Chechen families moved to the Ottoman Empire , this movement took the name Muhajirism [1] . So the Chechen diasporas appeared in Turkey , Syria and Jordan [2] .
More than 16 thousand Chechens live in Jordan [3] , who comprise 33 clan groups and are mainly represented by immigrants from the Nozhai-Yurt district of Chechnya and the Khasavyurt district of Dagestan . They live compactly in communities in Amman , Sukhna , Suweilikh , Ez-Zarq [4] .
Chechens have two seats in the Jordanian Parliament [5] .
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Famous Representatives
- Abdulatif Sayed Batal - General of the Jordanian Army;
- Abdul-Baki Jamo (1922) - Sheikh, an independent deputy from the city of Ez-Zarq, first deputy chairman of the Lower House (elected November 19, 1996). In 1952 he graduated from Al-Azhar University (Egypt). He was an imam and a preacher in a mosque, was appointed to the municipality. He headed public organizations: the Society of Islamic Culture, the Islamic Charitable Society, the Dagestan-Chechen Charitable Society, the Zakat Committee, and the Society for the Creation of a Public Library in Ez-Zarqa. In 1954-1957, 1961-1969, since 1989, Member of Parliament; 1989-1991 - Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs; November 29, 1993 elected chairman of the National Unity Front; 1994-1995 - Minister of State for Legal and Parliamentary Affairs;
- Ahmed Arslan Alauddin (1942–2014) - military leader, division general of armored forces, participant in the Arab-Israeli wars of 1967 and 1973, twice Hero of Jordan;
- Bader Shishani - Jordanian professor;
- Beno, Saeed Younis (1928) - Graduated from the College of Engineering in Baghdad, University of Washington (Seattle), Royal College of Science and Technology in Glasgow (Scotland). Bachelor (1950) and Master (1958) in Civil Engineering. In 1950-1964, the district engineer, director of the Road Department of the Ministry of Public Works, 1964-1976, Deputy Minister of Public Works. In 1976 he was appointed Minister of Public Works. Member of the Jordanian Civil Engineering Association, Jordanian Road Society, Arab Civil Engineering Society;
- Muhammad Bashir Ismail - Major General of the Jordanian Army;
- Ramsey, Ahmad - General of the Jordanian Army;
- Shishan, Farid Abdel-Hamid - commander, hero of Syria and Jordan, participant in the Doomsday War , buried in Damascus ;
- Ashraf Shishani is a Jordanian coach.
In Culture
Chechen singer and composer Ali Dimaev wrote the song “Jordan”, dedicated to the Chechen diaspora in Jordan [6] [7] .
See also
- Muhajirism among the Nakh peoples ;
- Chechens in Kazakhstan ;
- Circassians in Jordan ;
- Chechens in Turkey ;
- Chechens in Syria ;
Notes
- ↑ Muhajirism or the resettlement of Vainakhs in the Middle East
- ↑ Chechen quarter, Amman, Jordan
- ↑ Russian Muslims are interested in the RF joining the OIC, Kadyrov said
- ↑ Foreign recharge of Ichkeria
- ↑ Abroad, abroad - there are friends of your favorite person
- ↑ Ali Dimaev in Nice - Jordan on YouTube
- ↑ Ali Dimaev. Ali Dimaev - Iordani [lyrics ] . pesni.club . Date of treatment May 2, 2018.
Literature
- Garsaev L.M., Garsaev H.-A. M. Chechen Muhajirs and their descendants in the history and culture of Jordan. - Gr. : JSC IPK Grozny Worker, 2019. - 416 p. - 2000 copies. - ISBN 978-5-88195-949-4 .