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Shamil’s ally Murtaz Khan did not heed Tusheti's warning
Tina of Kakho
Shamil's ally Murtaz Khan ignored the Tusheti warnings that said, "You can't break the Parsma" and marched with a large army and a mob to punish the region. The first to be punished was Parsma. The Parsmians were fortified in prison. Murtaz could not break into the castle and decided to blow it up.
He brought a pot of booze and ordered his warriors to throw a mass of rifle powder inside. The boiler is now full. They started to install this boiler in the fortress foundation, but the woman in this prison, Tina of Kakho pulled out a handkerchief covered in ghee Durk, set it on fire and dropped it on the powder boiler from the awning. The boiler exploded and caused great damage to the surrounding enemy warriors. Tina took a sword in her hand, jumped out of the awning and struck the enemy.
A large part of the enemy army was destroyed by the Tush warriors, as for Murtaz, his damaged artillery was kept in the village of Chesho for a long time.
"Oh, the Crystal castle of Farsma, the wind blows fear in you,
While the children of Tusheti dwell, with their fire ignited gun being the view,
God bless you, Tina, you too are a warrior soul,
Wrap your hair in a mantle, wrap a sword around your waist, take your role,
Fly over the awning in the middle of the war,
May the Tush follow your lead, may they spit the enemy in half, until they are left no more,
The Dagestanis are puzzled by Tina’s way of warfare
"How could her arm withstand a three-edged sword, is it really fair?"
DISCLAIMER:
The translations, obviously, do not show the example of the classic Tush verse, as the mountain dialect cannot be translated into English.
Poem translated by Lika Sharashidze.