Necropolis of the Mehtulla Khans in the village of Nizhnii Dzhengutai (Delet- Qaburlar cemetery)

During the ?ield trip to Piedmont and Mountainous Daghestan in 2022 authors studied “Delet- Qaburlar” cemetery village of Nizhnii Dzhengutai, which was capital a major local political entity Mekhtulla Khanate had existfrom middle 17 th century 1867. At cemetery, previousl unsearched tombstones last representatives dynasty were found. On these tombstones, names buried, date their death auspicious inscriptions carved Arabic. The main goal study compare buried is genus known historical sources. In otal, article contains description nineteen tombstones. ?irst part, monuments ideti?ied persons with brief biographical information are given. second part descriptions whose owners could not be identi?ied. Ithis have considered some aspects biographies Ahmad-khan Mekhtulinskii (1808–1843), his wife Nuh-bike (d. 187), sons: elder Ibrahim-khan (1836–1869) younger Rashid-khan 1876), as well relatives: Shikhshabek 1865), Mirza-bek, son Abusulan nutsal-khan 1855) other aristocracy this cemetery.