Maghas

Maghas within medieval Alania (9th-12th century), according to Ossetian historian Ruslan Suleymanovich Bzarov.[1][2]
Political map of the Caucasus region in 1060

Maghas or Maas — more properly, Mags or Maks — was the capital city of Alania,[3] a medieval kingdom in the Greater Caucasus. It is known exclusively from Islamic sources. On the territory of the Karachays was the capital of Alania (Lower-Arkhyz settlement),[4] where three 10th-century churches still stand. The destruction of Maghas is ascribed to Batu Khan, a Mongol leader and a grandson of Genghis Khan, in the beginning of 1239. Some Russian geographers, like D. V. Zayats, point to a location in Ingushetia.[5]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.aors.narod.ru/images/Al-VII.gif
  2. ↑ http://iratta.com/uploads/posts/atlas/09/karta.jpg
  3. ↑ The Jews of Khazaria by Kevin Alan Brook
  4. ↑ The Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS): ИЭА РАН. Series "Народы и культуры" - "Карачаевцы. Балкарцы.". 2014, М.: "Наука", 2014, - pages 815., ISBN 978-5-02-038043-1, chapter 2, page 33"
  5. ↑ D.V.Zayats (2001). "Maghas – "The Sun City" – New Capital of Ingushetia". Archived from the original on 2 May 2013.


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