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societies, among others. There are, however, differences from group to group in the reach of the term among the different groups. In Avar and Dargin society, the tukhum contains 200-300 members, though Dargin society has the added layer of the Jin, a smaller extended family. Within a tukhum, endogamy
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While there is a version of the tukhum in Lezgin society, it requires elaboration. The Lezgin version of the tukhum has all but vanished. While the aul was, like the Avar and Dargin auls, the basis of Lezgin society in pre-revolutionary times, the aul and the Jamaat have lost their role. The reasons
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Numerous studies carried out by us in the field of ethnology, history, folklore, systematology, leave no doubt that the term "tukkhum" not only was and is not part of the
Chechen ethnos, but also directly contradicts the systemic structure of the Chechen people. The concept of "tukkhum" introduces a
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to entrench themselves in
Dagestani society – rather than seeking to replace these older systems, the Tariqa exists alongside them and acts as a unifying feature. This entrenchment of the tariqa into the system of tukhums and auls created a regional variant of Sufism called Tariqatism. In contrast,
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for this range from their homeland being more open to external influence, culturally from neighbouring Azeris and politically from the USSR, as well as the loss of the Lezgin Tariqa to the USSR's state atheism and the more recent penetration of
Salafism into Lezgin society.
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but established for specific purposes, such as military alliances and economic trade; that the tukkhum occupied a specific territory, which was inhabited by the members of the tukkhum. He also stated that each tukkhum spoke a different dialect of the same
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Wahhabism, which have entered the spiritual life of Dagestanis since the fall of the Soviet Union, have gained popularity in that they allow one freedom from this very system and a different sense of belonging.
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Kharadze in 1968, that
Mamakaev is the basis for the Chechen use of tukkhum to make the social structure of the Chechens more complex and interesting, despite the meaning of tukkhum not being clear in the
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peoples, noted that the term "tukkhum" was completely foreign to most
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destructive chaos in the orderliness of the
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