From Refugees to Founders: studying legacy of Circassians, Chechens in Jordan’s history
AMMAN — After the military campaigns of tsarist Russia in 1863–64, which resulted in the ethnic cleansing of Circassians and the displacement of many Muslim communities from the North Caucasus, some of them settled down in the Ottoman Transjordan where they formed a significant minority. Circassians and Chechens arrived in the Balqaʾ region in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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