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Yalkhoi
Yalkhoi (or Yalkhoy) (Йалхой, Йолахой) is a Chechen Teip (clan) that belongs to the military confederacy called Nokhchmakhkakhoy from the historic region of Ichkeria. The center of the clan is Yalkhoy-Mokhk in Kurchaloyevsky District.

All members of the clan are descendants of one ancestor who lived around the 15th century in the village of Khoy, Chechnya.

Each member of the clan tested belongs to J2 haplogroup.

Etymology
In the Chechen dictionary of A.T. Karasaev and A.G. Matsiev, the word “Yalkho” derives from the word “Yolakho” which is translated as “mercenary, hired soldier.”

Geography
Most members live in the eastern and southeastern parts of Chechnya and the western part of Dagestan, for example in Aukh and Salatavia. Historically, Yalkhoi also inhabited the northern parts of Georgia such as Tusheti and Khevsureti, with their sister clan Chartoy.

The Yalkhoi live mainly in Mayrtup,Yalkhoy-Mokhk, Lomaz-Yurt, Staraya Sunzha, Geldagana, Grozny, Gudermes, Oyskhara, Khasavyurt.

History
As to the oral tradition of the Mayrtup elders, the Yalkhoy and Chartoy came down to the plain from the mountains from a place called Khoy. The Yalkhoy established the communities of Staraya Sunzha, Mayrtup, Yalkhoy-Mokhk, Lomaz-Yurt, and Geldagan. Yalkhoy-Mokhk, which is today incorrectly believed to be the ancestral village of the entire community, developed into the principal location of the teip.

The teip has its own mountain in Salatavia recorded in documents as Yalkhi-Sigen in kumyk language (chechen: Йалхой-Цана) - literally “The haymaking mountain of Yalkhoi”, in Salatavia it was represented by both Yalkhoy and, apparently, Biytaroy, which are essentially one whole.

Near the village of Charmakh, in Nashkha, is the teip's ancestral tower. Legend has it that one of the clan's ancestors, along with his sons, constructed it to defend Nashkha against the Tatar-Mongol invaders.

The clan became particularly famous during the Caucasian War, when the settlement of Mayrtup — built by the Kotaroy family, became the epicenter of rebellions, involving the teip members as active combatants.

Famous people

 * Eskarkha of Mayrtup, naib of Imam Shamil
 * Usman of Mayrtup, He served as one of Imam Shamil's primary naibs during the imamate's capital's defense, the village of Vedeno. In 1859, he led his unit into combat against Count Nostitz's troops, the main objective of which was to stop the Chechens from being resettled on the plain between the rivers Gums and Hulkhulau.
 * Tavsolt-Khadzhi Dokhtukaev, revered person, reputable theologian. born in Kurchaloy. He went to Turkey in 1901, leading 300 families, and stayed there for a brief period of time. He passed away in 1903. Ziyarat is a village close to Erzurum in Turkey. Alvari.
 * Yahya-Khadzhi Bitsiev, A respected villager in Yalkhoy-Mokhk and a religious leader. born in the year 1900. He completed his studies in Arabic, the interpretation of the Koran, prophetic hadiths, and Islamic law under the guidance of sheikhs after graduating from an Islamic madrasah in his childhood. He started teaching people about Islam at an early age and has instructed over a hundred students. He had a lifelong devotion to his faith and its adherents. May 25, 2000 was Sheikh Yahya Haji's death date.
 * Aslanbek Bisultanov, renowned Chechen wrestler. the first Chechen freestyle wrestling champion in the history of the USSR, Europe, and the entire globe. Soviet Master of Sports with honors (1977).
 * Ahmad Aladdin, A member of the Jordanian Armed troops' armored troops, the "Chechen lion of the Arabian desert" is a descendent of the Muhajirs, a Jordanian Chechen who served in the 1967 and 1973 Arab-Israeli Wars, and the only person to be named a double hero in Jordan.
 * Khozh-Ahmed Noukhayev, traditionalist, historian, author, politician, former Deputy Prime Minister of Chechen Republic of Ichkeria, and founder of the interteipovite group "Nokhchi-Latta-Islam." born on November 11, 1954, in the Kirghiz SSR's Kalininsky district's village of Kalininskoye, after his parents were exiled.
 * Khalim Burchaev, writer, critic, translator, publicist, and deputy editor-in-chief of the magazine "Orga"; member of the Writers' Union of Russia. born in 1956. Graduate of the CHIGU Faculty of Philology.
 * Magomed Daudov, Head of the Government and Administration of the Chechen Republic. closest ally of Ramzan Kadyrov. Russian Hero (2007).