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[10] The historical sources coupled with local folk tales present Khour Ela as an important figure in the North Caucasus during the 14th century.

[9] The Dagestani chronicle "Tarikh Dagestan" also notes that the founder of Avar Nutsaldom is a certain Surakat that is descended from the "Urus Sultans".

[12] Simsir is believed to have started off as a vassal or tributary state of the Golden Horde and played an important role in its Caucasian politics.

This is noted by the historian A.Tesaev who refers to the 18th century book "History of Russia" that relates an event during Khan Khidir's rule.

The folktales about Khour are recorded far and wide in Chechnya so much so that he is considered as the main leader of the Chechens in the late 14th century by modern historians.

[13] It is also due to this that Khour is connected with an 18th century manuscript by Russian-Tatar general Sultan Kazi-Girey about a certain "Lamkerist" war with a certain "Mamai".

The Chechen historian A. Tesaev notes that the manuscript coincides with events in the 14th century during the "Great Troubles" of the Golden Horde, when the rogue warlord Mamai fought in several wars during this period.

This date is also accepted by the Russian historian V. Kuznetsov who notes that the attack showed the weakening of the Golden Horde in the North Caucasus.

[14] The 18th century document from Kazi-Girey also mentions that the ancestors of Chechens were the main allies (in the vanguard) of the Tokhtamysh army against the Timurid invasions of the Caucasus.