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Kaitag Utsmiate
5th century — 1820
Location of Kaitag Utsmiate
StatusPrincipality
CapitalJalagi, Qala-Quraish, Urkarakh, Majalis, Bashly
Official languagesArabic, Kaitag, Kumyk
Common languagesMuirin, Sanzhi-Itsari, Kubachi, Kaitag, Juhuri, Kumyk, Azerbaijani
Religion
The Utsmi of Kaitag 
Preceded by Succeeded by
Caucasian Albania
Russian Empire
Today part ofDagestan

The Kaitag Utsmiate was a multiethnic feudal political entity in North Caucasus. The first mentions of it start appearing in chronicles from the 5th century, and it was eliminated in 1820 during Russian conquest of the Caucasus. The state's territories were spanning over Kaitag, Dakhaday and partially Segokala, Derbent, Kayakent districts of modern Dagestan.

References

  • А. О. Муртазаев, Кайтаг в VIII - первой половине XIX в. (Исследование политической истории и роли в системе политических структур Северо-Восточного Кавказа).
  • С. К. Умаханов, Историческая география Дагестана XVII — нач. XIX в.
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