The word "abrek", a term of Caucasian origin, designates a lone Caucasian warrior living in partisan style outside power and law and fighting for a just cause. An abrek would renounce any contact with
Zelimkhan (1872-1913), the most famous Chechen abrek
Batal Hajji Belkhoroev was an Ingush sheikh of the Qadiri Sufi order who founded his own independent Sufi suborder.
Photograph taken by John F. Baddeley on October 8, 1901, during his travel in Ingushetia.