# Akhmet Khan — Hadji Murád character guide

> Akhmet Khan in Hadji Murád by Leo Tolstoy.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Akhmet Khan of Mekhtulí, Akhmet, The Khan

**First appearance:** 0001-hadji-mur-d

## Who they are

A local Avar khan, briefly allied with the Russians.

## In the story

### [IX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/hadji_mur_d_se/chapters/ix)

His widow was carried off by Hadji Murád, a story recounted during dinner.

### [XIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/hadji_mur_d_se/chapters/xiii)

Described as the enemy who calumniated Hadji Murád, had him arrested, and tied him to a cannon.

### [XXV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/hadji_mur_d_se/chapters/xxv)

Son of Hadji Murád's old enemy, present among the militiamen during the final assault.

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