lezghistan

Updated: May 29, 2025

Speaking of the Lesghians, who occupy the eastern Caucasus, known as Daghestan, or Lezghistan, Klaproth says their name is a misnomer, just as Scythian or Tartar was used to indicate the natives of Northern Asia; adding, that they do not form one nation, as is proved by the number of dialects in use, which, however, would seem to have been derived from a common source, though time has greatly modified them.

Jules Verne - Celebrated Travels and Travellers: Part III. The Great Explorers of the Nineteenth Century