Malik Saratan I

Malik Saratan (the second half of the XIII century - perhaps the beginning of the XIV century) is the son and heir of Amir Sultan .

Malik Saratan
Avar nutsal
Predecessor	Amir Sultan
Father	Amir Sultan
Spouse	daughter of Kautar Shah
Children	son (name unknown)
Religion	Orthodox Christian , Islam

After a 24-year struggle, with the Kaitag Usmii and Kazikumukh shamkhalstva , under the pressure of economic necessity, the Avars were forced to gradually return to Islam . During the reign of Malik Saratan, the Avars intervened in the struggle of Kumukh with the applicants for the kaitag throne, which ended in their victory.

The events described in “Tarih-Dagestan” mention Saratan: “The mirror of harmony between the princes Kumukh and Haydak was broken by the efforts of Satan ... Those of the prince’s descendants — martyrs (Hamza), who in the continuation of these worries were alive from among the owners of the Haidak, namely Muhammed- Khan, Amir Khan and Amir Khamza found refuge with the rulers of the accident and pledged to be their allies ... There were terrible wars and infernal strife between them and the princes of Kumukh. The Avar king sent a letter of envoys, chosen from among the wise and eloquent people, to Sultan Kautar Shah ( Ahsitan III ?) In the country of the Turks, whose inhabitants converted to Islam during the time of Omar , the son of Khattab, and offered union and friendship, according to the laws of the neighborhood and on conditions of mutual assistance in wars with their enemies and ill-wishers. Such an alliance was founded on both sides by friendship, harmony and fraternity. Kautar Shah took the beautiful daughter of the Avar king as a wife to his son Sultan Kai-Kad ( Kay Kabus ?), And the latter’s lovely sister was given for Saratan - the son of the Avar king ... Kautar Shah then led his Turks from the east, and sent Saratan with the khaidak princes Avar troops from the west against Kumukh, where they arrived on Tuesday of the first Ramadan in the days of Najmuddin. " Further: "Saratan and Kautar devastated Kumukh ... and all the princes of Kumukh, descending from Khamza, were scattered in different parts of the world." ^[one]

After these events, Kautar Shah and Saratan returned [each] to their lands and provinces. The affairs of the descendants of Khamza and Abbas became as it was [already] mentioned, and the date of these [events] is 718 hijri, i.e. (1318-1319 years). They (these descendants) had in their hands old texts and ancient historical records. That was the case. [Thus], all the rulers of the mountain areas come from the clan of the children of Hamza and the children of Abbas, excluding only the sultans of Avar, who are from the clan of the sultans of the Urus. And there is not a single native Muslim in their country (Avar). In other Dagestan vilayats, the population is a mixture of native Muslims and those among whom Islam is widespread. ^[2]

In the Chronicle of Irkhan, in connection with the invasion of Tamerlane, the rule of Irkhan - Arif-khan, is mentioned, it is alleged that he is the elder brother of the Harkan (Khakan?) Khakan-Shah, and his pedigree is mentioned, which mentions a certain Kautarshah: "Arif Khan, son "Amir Khan, son of Turarav Bek, son of Sarisanfash Shah, son of Kadirfash Khan, son of Kautar Shah, son of Adah Shah (Adil Shah)." ^[3]

Obviously, at that time the lands adjoining the Levashinsky plateau fell into the hands of Nutsal. Settlements of Ogli, Chogli, Hakhit, Kutish, Urma, Kuletsma and others were founded here. By this time the message about the label of one of the Golden Horde princes issued to nutsal should also be attributed. Associated with it is the legend of a popular uprising against Nutsal. The exiled Nutsal turned to the Mongols for help and, having received a label from them and military reinforcements against his fellow countrymen, regained power.