Durdzuks

In 1745, Georgian geographer Vakhushti of Kartli noted that the country "Durdzuketi consists of Kisti, Durdzuki and Gligvi", placing the first in the vicinity of the Darial Gorge and the latter farther east of the three, bordering Pankisi, Tusheti and Didoeti.

[6] Georgian historian Vakhtang Gamrekeli claims that "Durdzuk" is definitively and, with all its references, uniformly localized between Didoeti-Dagestan in the east and the gorge of the Terek River, in the west.

[9] Historians often place the "Gate of the Durdzuks" in the Assa Gorge of Ingushetia, which is a path connecting the North and South Caucasus regions.

[10][11] The supposed eponymous progenitor of the Durdzuks is mentioned in The Georgian Chronicles: ხოლო შვილთა ზედა კავკასისთა იყო უფალ დურძუკ, ძე ტირეთისი.

[13]In the Armenian adaptation of The Georgian Chronicles, the Durdzuks defeated the Scythians and became a significant power in the area in the region in the first millennium BC.