04:23, 8 May 2003

Shamhalstvo of Tarki

Feudal possession in a northeast part of Dagestan with the centre in Tarki. It was formed at the end of XV century in the territory inhabited by kumyks. The basic occupation of the population was agriculture. Since 1st part of XVII century the Shamhalstvo of Tarki was repeatedly in citizenship of Russia. By the beginning of XVIII century, as a result of struggle against Georgia, kabardian princes and Russia, the territory of the Shamhalstvo of Tarki was reduced to a small possession along the Caspian Sea. Final joining of the Shamhalstvo of Tarki and other territories of Dagestan to Russia was fixed by the Gjulistan peace treaty of 1813. In 1867 in the former territory of the Shamhalstvo of Tarki the Temir-Han-Shurinsky district was formed.