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The late Mamlūk transition of the 1380s : the view from the North Caucasus Universiteit Gent
This article argues that the transition between the early and late Mamluk Sultanate in Egypt in the 1380s was partially caused by political developments in the Northwest Caucasus. The transition from "Turkish" to "Circassian" mamluk dominance was facilitated by the rise of new princely elites in the Northwest Caucasus during the bulqaq civil wars in the Ulus of Jochi (Golden Horde) (1359-1381). These new elites justified their rule through their ...
Ильичевское городище - аланская столица Магас? Новые подходы к старому вопросу Universiteit Gent
This article assesses recent discussions over the location of the city of Magas, capital of the North Caucasian kingdom of Alania in the 10th century. The article’s first part summarises the information known about Magas from Arabic, Persian and Chinese written sources of the 10th-14th centuries. Following this, the article briefly outlines several recent suggestions which have been made regarding the location of Magas. The third section of the ...
The Alan capital *Magas : a preliminary identification of its location Universiteit Gent
This article proposes that *Magas, capital city of the North Caucasian Kingdom of Alania, can be identified with the gorodishche (hillfort) of Il'ichevsk, in Krasnodar Krai in the modern Russian Federation. The Kingdom of Alania was the most powerful polity in the North Caucasus in the tenth and eleventh centuries; however, the location of its capital has never been satisfactorily established. This article reviews the evidence of written sources ...
The Mongol conquest of Caucasia Universiteit Gent
Treason and sovereignty in the medieval Caucasus Universiteit Gent
This article proposes a reinterpretation of the Seljuk and Mongol invasions of the Caucasus in the 11th and 13th centuries. Both invasions were marked by the co-operation of Caucasian aristocrats with the invading armies, an action frequently seen in historiography as destructive to proto-national unity. Using the examples of King Aghsartan I of the kingdom of Kakheti (r.1058-1084) and of the princes Aersilan and Hanghusi in the North Caucasian ...
A lost city in the North Caucasus Universiteit Gent
The identification of Magas, capital of the medieval Kingdom of Alania, reveals a civilisation forged by global interconnections.
A new proposal regarding the location of the Alan capital *Magas Universiteit Gent
Migrants and their vulnerability to human trafficking, modern slavery and forced labour Universiteit Gent
What makes migrants vulnerable to human trafficking and associated forms of exploitation and abuse? A new study, undertaken by Minderoo Foundation’s Walk Free initiative and IOM, examines the connection between migration and modern slavery, and focuses on which migrants are most vulnerable, and in what circumstances, to modern slavery. The report explores various sites of vulnerability where migrants are particularly susceptible to human ...