Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Mujahideen" in English language version.
BASMACH[:] A derogatory term used by Russian/Soviet authorities and researchers to designate the participants of the indigenous protest movements in Central Asia against the Russian and Soviet regimes from 1916 to the mid-1930s. [...] The rebels referred to themselves as mojahed, or 'participants of jihad,' a Muslim holy war against infidels, or non-Muslims.