Gligvi ( ka, ღლიღვი, tr) is a medieval

ethnonym An ethnonym () is a name applied to a given ethnic group. Ethnonyms can be divided into two categories: exonyms (whose name of the ethnic group has been created by another group of people) and autonyms, or endonyms (whose name is created and used ...

used in

Georgian Georgian may refer to: Common meanings * Anything related to, or originating from Georgia (country) ** Georgians, an indigenous Caucasian ethnic group ** Georgian language, a Kartvelian language spoken by Georgians **Georgian scripts, three scrip ...

, Russian and Western European sources in the 16th-19th centuries. The ethnonym corresponds to the self-name of the Ingush,

Ghalghaï Ghalghaï ( inh, ГIалгIай, ) is the self-name of the Ingush people that has an ancient origin. It is most often associated with the term "ghala" (''гIала'') - tower/fortress and accordingly is translated as the people/inhabitants of tow ...

History

Gligvi are mentioned in Georgian sources as an ethnonym that existed during the reign of Mirian I in II century BC, as well as the ruler of Kakheti Kvirike III i.e. in XI century. Gligvi were also mentioned in a document of Vakhtang VI in 1729. Vakhushti Bagrationi wrote that the country of Dzurdzuketi (Durdzuketi) consists of Kisti, Dzurdzuki and Gligvi, of which the latter are located the more east of the three, i.e. north of Tusheti.

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