CONTENTS

Preface

Acknowledgments

Note on transliteration

Chronology

Maps

Introduction

PART I

The Shining of Daghestani Swords in Certain Campaigns of Shamil (Selected Passages)

Muhammad Tahir al-Qarakhi TRANSLATED AND ANNOTATED BY ERNEST TUCKER AND THOMAS SANDERS

PART II

Lev Tolstoi, Hadji Murat

TRANSLATED AND ANNOTATED BY THOMAS SANDERS AND GARY HAMBURG

PART III

War of worlds: A commentary on the two texts in their historical context

GARY HAMBURG

Glossary (compiled by Ernest Tucker)

Index