Teips (also taip, teyp; Nakh тайпа taypa : family, kin, clan, tribe) are Chechen and Ingush tribal organizations or clans, self-identified through descent from a common ancestor or geographic location. It is a sub-unit of the tukkhum and shahar. There are about 150 Chechen and 120 Ingush teips. Teips played an important role in the socioeconomic life of the Chechen and Ingush peoples before and during the Middle Ages, and continue to be an important cultural part to this day. Traditional teip rules and features Common teip rules and some features: The right of communal land tenure. Common revenge for murder of a teip member or insulting of the members of a teip. Unconditional exogamy. Election of a teip representative. Election of a headman. Election of a military leader in case of war. Open sessions of the Council of Elders. The right of the teip to depose its representatives. Representation of women by male relatives. The right of the adoption of outside people. The transfer of property of departed to members of the teip. The teip has a defined territory. The teip constructed a teip tower or another building or natural monument convenient as a shelter, e.g. a fortress. The teip had its own teip cemetery. The teip hospitality. List of teips Below is a list of teips with the chechen tukkhum to which it may belong. Cheberloy tukkhum (); Achalo (); Nizhaloy (); Makazhoy (); Rigakhoy (); Buni (); Sharoy tukkhum (); Shotoy tukkhum (); Varandoy (); Keloy () Ovkhoy tukkhum (); Melkhi tukkhum (); Nokhchmakhkakhoy tukkhum (); Allaroy (); Belgatoy (); Benoy (); Biltoy (); Chartoy (); Chermoy (); Tsontaroy (); Elistanzhkhoy (); Engnoy (); Ersenoy (); Gendargenoy (); Gordaloy (); Gunoy (); Kharachoy (); Yalkhoy (); Zandkhoy (); Orstkhoi tukkhum (Russian: Орстхой); Chantiy tukkhum (); Chanti (); Tukkhum is not known / Without a Tukkhum; Chinkhoy (); Dishni (); Marshaloy (); Mulkoy (); Nashkhoy (); Peshkhoy (); Satoy (); Turkoy (); Terloy tukkhum (); Khindkhoy (); Kalkhoy (); Väppiy (); Yalkhoroy (); Zumsoy (); Zurzakkhoy (). As well as a list of teips included in the ethno-territorial Ingush societies Shahar Dzhairkhoy Shahar (); Ahrievs (); Borovi (); Lyanovs (); Tsurovs (); Khamatkhanovs (); Gelathoy (); Fyappin Shahar (); Harphoy (); Salghoy (); Torshkhoy (); Korahoy (); Hamhy Shahar (); Khakhoy (); Egihoy (); Hamhi (); Targimkhoy (); Barahoy (); Barkinhoy (); Tumkhoy (); Barkhanoy (); Leimy ();