%D 2010 %T Who were the Shamkhal and the Usmi? %! Who were the Shamkhal and the Usmi? %X An overview is given of the land and the people of the Qazi-Qomuq as well as of the Qeytaq in the northern Caucasus. An annotated list of their respective rulers, respectively the Shamkhal and the Usmi, provides an history of their interaction with Russia, Iran and the Ottomans and an identification whose these rulers were. %U https://doi.org/10.13173/zeitdeutmorggese.160.2.0341 %0 Journal Article %R 10.13173/zeitdeutmorggese.160.2.0341 %J Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft %V 160 %N 2