The high valleys of the Avar and Andi Koisu and the Samur headwaters, home of the Avars and the Andi and Dido (Tsez) peoples, whom the Georgian sources lump together as Leks and Didos.
The old Christian kingdom of Sarir round Khunzakh has faded; its successors at Khunzakh are not named for 1200. The Didos, on the Kakhetian side of the ridge, are counted as Georgian subjects and will rise against the crown with the Pkhovi in 1212 (later). The coastal plain and Derbent belong to the emir of Derbent (aze sheet).
Who holds it
- Name
- Not pinned (the Avar lords of Khunzakh are not named for 1200)
- Title
- Highland communities and lords of Dagestan
- Since
- Not pinned
- Confidence
- low
How things stand that morning
Self-governing.
Customs and assemblies
Free communities and their unions; lords at Khunzakh.
Overlord claims
Georgia claims the Didos; the emir of Derbent's reach stops at the foothills.
What the year holds
What happened next, if nothing in play changes it. Each event carries what it depends on and what would stop it.
- 1212 (later course)The Didos and the Pkhovi rise against the crown and are put down.
Where the sources disagree
Evidence: Very thin for 1200.
On the map: Highlands only; the Kumyk plain and the Derbent hinterland are left out.
Primary sources for Alans and mountain peoples
Chronicles, registers, sagas and inscriptions written in or near 1200 that cover this entry. Each has its own page with editions, translations and where to read it.
- The History of Derbent and Shirvan, as preserved in Munejjim-bashi's Jami al-duwal, Anonymous (an 11th-century author of Derbent, excerpted by Munejjim-bashi, died 1702) (about 1075; preserved in an Ottoman compilation of the 1670s). The only local history of the Shirvanshahs and the emirs of Derbent, surviving as extracts in a 17th-century Ottoman compilation.
- The Georgian Chronicles: the Histories and Eulogies of the Sovereigns, and the Life of Queen Tamar, Anonymous, attributed to the chancellor Theodore of Chqondidi and to Basili, master of the court (about 1210 to 1225). Two court histories of Queen Tamar written within a generation. Read online
Sources and studies
Last revised 4 November 2026. Published 4 November 2026. Suggest a correction on the OMNIA Discord.