Early years She was born in the village of
Khunzakh in the family of
Umma Khan V of Avar and his wife Khistaman. Soon, Bakhu Bike married
Sultan Ahmed, a nobleman from the clan of
shamkhals of
Tarki. Her father had no sons and when there were no pretenders to rule after his death in 1801, Bakhu Bike convinced the nobility to support her husband. In 1823, her husband Sultan Ahmed died. Their children were still very young and therefore Bakhu Bike was forced to take over the government. Unlike her father, she did not seek to unleash wars, continued her course for Russian citizenship, successfully defended the Khanate from the
murids, and preferred to resolve controversial cases by advantageous marriages, for which she was often credited with intrigue. However, there were many suitors for marriage with her daughter, and because of this, the
Avar Khanate was left without its old ally in the fight against the
murids. Seeing a huge column of
murids numbering 8,000 people, the
Khunzakh people fell into a panic. But the Russian troops themselves were firmly bogged down in the fight against
Muridism, so the command provided only solid financial assistance for the formation of mountain militia units. and the breaking of the alliance with the
Russian Empire.
Hamzat Bek pretended to be satisfied with this and as a sign of trust, he asked to give him one of the representatives of the khanate. To make the contract stronger, Bakhu Bike gave her 8-year-old son Bulach. She calmed down, but soon discovered the army of Hamzat Bek near the capital itself. Hamzat Bek demanded to obey him and then her son Umma Khan wanting to save his young brother tried to enter the camp, but was captured. In the letter, she urged him to distract Hamzat Bek from
Khunzakh and then he received 2 thousand rubles as a reward, but Shamil did not hide the contents of the letter. There are two versions of further developments. with an ax or Hamzat Bek first decided to deal with Surkhay Khan, an ally of the Russian Empire with the rank of
colonel, who also had the right to rule in the
Avar Khanate. He later took Bakha Bike to the village of
Genichutl, where he later executed her. == See also ==