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    Imam Shamil (Arabic: الشيخ شامل, romanized: al-Šaykh Šāmil; Avar: Шейх Шамил, romanized: Sheykh Shamil; Chechen: имам Шемал, romanized: imam Shemal; Kumyk:...
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  • The Imam Shamil Battalion (Arabic: كتيبة الإمام شامل, romanized: Katiba Al Imam Shamil, Russian: батальон имама Шамиля) is a militant Islamist organization...
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    Gazawat (Holy War) and the enforcement of Sharia. Two imams, Imam Ghazi Muhammad and Imam Shamil, attempted to initiate the Gazawat they called for by...
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    Hadji Murad (category Naibs of Imam Shamil)
    broke out between him and Imam Shamil, when Shamil proclaimed his son, Khazi Mohammed, as his successor. In a secret meeting, Shamil and his naibs decided...
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    Bekhoev, who escaped, were executed. The Ingush sought the support of Imam Shamil, who decided to use this movement to combat the Russian offensive on...
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    Benoyn Boyshar (category Naibs of Imam Shamil)
    Caucasian commander of Chechen origin. He was one of the naibs (deputies) of Imam Shamil. Baysangur participated in the Caucasian War of 1817–1864. Boyshar was...
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    established by Ghazi Muhammad in 1829–1832, came under the rule of Imam Shamil from 1834 until his surrender in 1859. Sulak River Andi Koysu Avar Koysu...
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    Tatar imams teach the Quran. Lithograph by Carlo Bossoli Imam presiding over prayer, North Africa Imam Shamil, Caucasus Imam in Bosnia, c. 1906 Imam Khomeini...
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    mother was Asiya. According to Imam Shamil, his father named him "Asiyalav Muhammad" meaning "Muhammad of Asiya". Imam Shamil, when writing to him in Arabic...
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    ابن جمال الدين الحسيني الغازيجوموكي الداغستاني) was the son-in-law of Imam Shamil, a participant in the Caucasian War and the author of the chronicles...
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    the Russian Empire and the Caucasian Imamate led by Shamil. General Pavel Grabbe besieged Imam Shamil in the rock-fortress of Akhulgo. After 80 days the...
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  • the new imām"). According to some sources, the choice for a new imam was between Hamzat Bek and Shamil, but Hamzat Bek was chosen since Shamil was still...
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    Chechen parents from the Belghatoy teip. He was named after Imam Shamil, the third imam of Chechnya and Dagestan and one of the leaders of anti-Russian...
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  • Hormozgan Province, Iran Shamil, 3rd Imam of Dagestan (1797–1871), leader of resistance to Russian rule over the Caucasus Shamil Abbyasov (born 1957), Soviet...
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    language.[citation needed] Imam Shamil, resistance leader during the Caucasian War Ghazi Muhammad, Islamic scholar Hamzat Bek, imam Rasul Gamzatov, poet Hadji...
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    Hadji Murad. Imam Shamil followed them. He led the mountaineers from 1834 until his capture by Dmitry Milyutin in 1859. In 1843, Shamil launched a sweeping...
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    the Russians. Its first leader was Ghazi Muhammad; after his death, Imam Shamil would eventually continue it. After the terrorist attacks on Paris in...
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    Category:Burials at Jannat al-Baqī Mohammad Hayya al-Sindhi, scholar Imam Shamil, Muslim leader and freedom fighter from the Caucasus Muhammad Sayyid...
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    naibs (viceroy), relatives, as well as a member of the close circle of Imam Shamil. He was born to Sultan Ahmad Khan of Elisu and his second wife Tuti Bike...
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    by the Red Army. The Republic received support from Said Shamil, the grandson of Imam Shamil, and gained international recognition from various countries...
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    emphasize that the heart has no consciousness or goal other than God. Imam Shamil Army of the Men of the Naqshbandi Order Abobaker Mojadidi Akhundzada...
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  • Sheikh Mansur (category Sunni imams)
    — Grigory Prozritelev, Шейх Мансур Description by the 3rd Imam of the Caucasian Imamate Imam Shamil: Sheikh Mansur had a courageous, fascinating appearance...
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  • Tashaw-Hadji (category 19th-century imams)
    imam Shamil. He was the imam of Chechnya since 1834. Upon the death of Gazi-Muhammad, he was one of the major candidates at the elections of the Imam...
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    Amin: Imam Shamil's Naib to the Circassians in the Northwest Caucasus. Jineps Gazetesi, September 2006-Add 1, p.10-11. "Muhammad Amin: Imam Shamil's Naib...
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  • (2022-05-15). Imam Shamil. Book one. Litres. ISBN 978-5-04-115830-9. Esadze, Semyon (1909). The Assault on Gunib and the Captivity of Shamil: A Historical...
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    Dzheirkah, Kist, and Ghalghaj had been at least temporarily subdued. In 1829 Imam Shamil began a rebellion against Russia. He conquered Dagestan, Chechnya, and...
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  • in the middle of the 19th century, during the Caucasian War. In 1839, Imam Shamil transferred his son Jamalutdin to the Russian Empire as an amanat or...
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    by Imam Shamil, a Dagestani Avar. In 1834 he united the Northeast Caucasus nations under Islam and declared "holy war" on Russia. In 1845 Shamil's forces...
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    Ghazi Muhammad's headquarters at Gimry. Ghazi Muhammad was killed but Imam Shamil escaped. In early October (all dates old style), Velyaminov left Temir-Khan-Shura...
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    Talkhig of Shali (category Naibs of Imam Shamil)
    Talkhig of Shali was a 19th-century North Caucasian commander. A native of Shali and a representative of the taip Kurchaloy, he was a military leader and...
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