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The article presents the publication of an important document in Arabic―with the English translation and commentaries, the report of a group of Dagestani leaders supporting the Qajars to the crown prince of Persia Abbas Mirza―the letter is initiated by Surkhaykhan the Second, the ruler of Kazikumukh, and compiled in the first day of Rajab, 1225 (= 2 August, 1810).

AbstractThe paper presents the Arabic epitaphs on the newly-found grave-stones of Sheikh Haydar the Safavid, the father of Shah Isma'il I, and Xwāĵa Jamšīd, supposedly, Sheikh Haydar's brother. Both inscriptions were recently discovered in Dagestan—in Tabasaran and in Kubachi, respectively.

AbstractIt is known that the Qajars had their supporters in Dagestan during the Russo-Persian Wars in the early 19th century. This fact is well documented in Persian chronicles and royal decrees (firmāns), as well as in the materials from the Russian archives. However, the number of historical documents originating from the region itself is drastically few. This paper presents three letters in Arabic, without dates, but definitely from the same period, illustrating the political situation of the time in the mountains of Dagestan and the geographical extent of the Qajar influence in the area. The letters were discovered recently in the Archives of the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography, Dagestan Centre, Russian Academy of Sciences in Makhachkala. The English translation is accompanied by the facsimile reproduction of the original texts, and commentaries.