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== History ==
The Abazin originally inhabited the [[Sadzen]] region in the western part of [[Abkhazia]] and migrated from Abkhazia to [[Abazinia]] between the 14th and 16th centuries.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|last=Olson|first=James Stuart|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CquTz6ps5YgC&q=abazinians&pg=PA4|title=An Ethnohistorical Dictionary of the Russian and Soviet Empires|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|year=1994|isbn=978-0-313-27497-8|location=|pages=3|language=en}}</ref> They later migrated to various regions of the former [[Ottoman Empire]] in the 18th and 19th centuries. Since the late 18th century, their dominant religion is [[Sunni Islam]] ([[Hanafism|Hanafi]]).
== Diaspora ==
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Historically, the Abazin engaged in animal herding and some farming.<ref name="Ency">{{Cite book|last=Cole|first=Jeffrey|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Wlth0GRi0N0C&q=Abazins&pg=PA1|title=Ethnic Groups of Europe: An Encyclopedia|publisher=ABC-CLIO|year=2011|isbn=978-1-59884-302-6|location=|pages=1–2|language=en}}</ref>
The Abazins are dominantly Sunni Muslims. The Abazins first encountered Islam during their migrations to the Abazinia region via contact with the [[Nogais]] and other Muslim people.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Akiner|first=Shirin|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Gd-3AAAAQBAJ|title=Islamic Peoples Of The Soviet Union|publisher=Routledge|year=1986|isbn=978-1-136-14274-1|pages=236|language=en}}</ref> The Abazins adopted Islam via the influence of Muslim merchants and missionaries from the 16th to 19th centuries.<ref name=":0"
==See also==
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