See also:

• LESGHIANS, or LESCHIS (from the Persian Leksi, called Leki by the Grusians or Georgians, Armenians and Ossetes)

LESGHIANS, or LESCHIS (from the See also:

• PERSIAN
• PERSIAN, SYRIAN, EGYPTIAN AND TURKISH

Persian Leksi, called Leki by the Grusians or Georgians, Armenians and Ossetes)  , the collective name for a number of tribes of the eastern See also:

• CAUCASUS

Caucasus, who, with their kinsfolk the See also:

• CHECHENZES, TCHETCHEN, or KHISTS (Kisti)

Chechenzes, have inhabited See also:

• DAGHESTAN

Daghestan from See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time immemorial . They spread southward into the Transcaucasian circles Kuba, See also:

• SHEMAKHA

Shemakha, See also:

• NUKHA

Nukha and Sakataly . They are mentioned as A4j a1 by See also:

• STRABO (born c. 63 n.c.)

Strabo and See also:

• PLUTARCH
• PLUTARCH (Gr. llXoi rapxos) (c. A.D. 46–120)

Plutarch along with the PijXac (perhaps the See also:

• MODERN

modern Galgai, a Chechenzian tribe), and their name occurs frequently in the See also:

• CHRONICLES, BOOKS OF

chronicles of the Georgians, whose territory was exposed to their raids for centuries, until, on the surrender (1859) to See also:

• RUSSIA
• RUSSIA (Rossiya)

Russia of the Chechenzian chieftain See also:

• SHAMYL (c. 1797-1871)

Shamyl, they became See also:

• RUSSIAN

Russian subjects . See also:

• MOSES (Gr. Mwvo c, Mcoo-i3s)
• MOSES, ASSUMPTION OF

Moses of Chorene mentions a See also:

• BATTLE

battle in the reign of the Armenian See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king Baba (A.D . 370-377), in which Shagir, king of the Lekians, was slain . The most important of the Lesghian tribes are the See also:

• AVARS

Avars (q.v.), the Kasimukhians or Lakians, the Darghis and the, Kurins or See also:

• LESGHIANS, or LESCHIS (from the Persian Leksi, called Leki by the Grusians or Georgians, Armenians and Ossetes)

Lesghians proper . Komarov r gives the See also:

• TOTAL

total number of the tribes as twenty-seven, all speaking distinct dialects . Despite this, the Lesghian peoples, with the exception of the Udi and Kubatschi, are held to be ethnically identical . The Lesghians are not usually so See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good-looking as the Circassians or the Chechenzes . They are tall, powerfully built, and their hybrid descent is suggested by the range of colouring, some of the tribes exhibiting quite See also:

• FAIR

fair, others quite dark, individuals . Among some there is an obvious mongoloid See also:

• STRAIN (through O. Fr. straindre, estraindre, mod. i treindre, from Lat. stringere, to draw tight, related to stress, stretch, string, &c.)

strain . In disposition they are intelligent, bold and persistent, and capable of reckless bravery, as was proved in their struggle to maintain their See also:

• INDEPENDENCE
• INDEPENDENCE, DECLARATION OF
• INDEPENDENCE, WAR OF

independence .

They are capable of enduring See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• PHYSICAL

physical fatigue . They live a semi-See also:

• SAVAGE
• SAVAGE, MINOT JUDSON (1841– )
• SAVAGE, RICHARD (d. 1743)

savage See also:

• LIFE

life on their See also:

• MOUNTAIN (0. Fr. montaigne; popular Lat. montanea, an adjectival form from the classical mons, montis, whence Eng. " mount," a form usually used along with the name of an individual mountain, e.g. Mt Everest)
• MOUNTAIN, THE (La Montagne)

mountain slopes, for the most See also:

• PART

part living by See also:

• HUNTING (the verbal substantive from " hunt "; O. Eng. huntian, hunta; apparently connected with O. Eng. hentan, Gothic hinpan, to capture, O.H.G. hunda,booty)

hunting and stock-breeding . Little See also:

• AGRICULTURE
• AGRICULTURE (from Lat. ages, field, and colere, to cultivate)
• AGRICULTURE, BOARD OF

agriculture is possible . Their See also:

• INDUSTRIES

industries are mainly restricted to See also:

• SMITH
• SMITH, ADAM (1723–1790)
• SMITH, ALEXANDER (183o-1867)
• SMITH, ANDREW JACKSON (1815-1897)
• SMITH, CHARLES EMORY (1842–1908)
• SMITH, CHARLES FERGUSON (1807–1862)
• SMITH, CHARLOTTE (1749-1806)
• SMITH, COLVIN (1795—1875)
• SMITH, EDMUND KIRBY (1824-1893)
• SMITH, G
• SMITH, GEORGE (1789-1846)
• SMITH, GEORGE (184o-1876)
• SMITH, GEORGE ADAM (1856- )
• SMITH, GERRIT (1797–1874)
• SMITH, GOLDWIN (1823-191o)
• SMITH, HENRY BOYNTON (1815-1877)
• SMITH, HENRY JOHN STEPHEN (1826-1883)
• SMITH, HENRY PRESERVED (1847– )
• SMITH, JAMES (1775–1839)
• SMITH, JOHN (1579-1631)
• SMITH, JOHN RAPHAEL (1752–1812)
• SMITH, JOSEPH, JR
• SMITH, MORGAN LEWIS (1822–1874)
• SMITH, RICHARD BAIRD (1818-1861)
• SMITH, ROBERT (1689-1768)
• SMITH, SIR HENRY GEORGE WAKELYN
• SMITH, SIR THOMAS (1513-1577)
• SMITH, SIR WILLIAM (1813-1893)
• SMITH, SIR WILLIAM SIDNEY (1764-1840)
• SMITH, SYDNEY (1771-1845)
• SMITH, THOMAS SOUTHWOOD (1788-1861)
• SMITH, WILLIAM (1769-1839)
• SMITH, WILLIAM (c. 1730-1819)
• SMITH, WILLIAM (fl. 1596)
• SMITH, WILLIAM FARRAR (1824—1903)
• SMITH, WILLIAM HENRY (1808—1872)
• SMITH, WILLIAM HENRY (1825—1891)
• SMITH, WILLIAM ROBERTSON (1846-'894)

smith-See also:

• WORK

work and See also:

• CUTLERY (Fr. coutellerie, from the Lat. cultellus, a little knife)

cutlery and the making of See also:

• FELT (cognate with Ger. Filz, Du. vilt, Swed. and Dan. fill; the root is unknown; the word has given Med. Lat. filtrum, " filter ")

felt cloaks, and the See also:

• WOMEN

women weave excellent shawls . They are for the most part fanatical Mahommedans . See See also:

• MORITZ, KARL PHILIPP (1757-1793)

Moritz See also:

• WAGNER, ADOLF (1835- )
• WAGNER, RUDOLPH (1805-1864)
• WAGNER, WILHELM RICHARD (1813-1883)

Wagner, Schamyl (See also:

• LEIPZIG

Leipzig, 1854) ; von Seidlitz, " Ethnographic See also:

• DES

des Kaukasus," in See also:

• PETERMANN, AUGUST HEINRICH (1822–1878)

Petermann's Mitleilungen (188o) ; Ernest Chantre, Recherches anthropologiques dans le Caucase (See also:

• LYON, MARY MASON (1797-1849)
• LYON, NATHANIEL (1818-1861)

Lyon, 1885—1887) ; J. de See also:

• MORGAN
• MORGAN, DANIEL (1736-1802)
• MORGAN, EDWIN DENNISON (1811-1883)
• MORGAN, JOHN HUNT (1825-1864)
• MORGAN, JOHN PIERPONT (1837–1913)
• MORGAN, LEWIS HENRY (1818-1881)
• MORGAN, SYDNEY, LADY (c. 1783-1859)
• MORGAN, THOMAS (d. 1743)

Morgan, Recherches sur See also:

• LES

les origines des peoples du Caucase (See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris, 1889) .