Avars (Caucasus)
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The Avars, also known as Maharuls', are a Northeast Caucasian ethnic group. The Avars are the largest of several ethnic groups living in the Russian republic of Dagestan. The Avars reside in the North
Imam Shamil, an Avar who was the third Imam of the Caucasian Imamate and led 19th century resistance to Imperial Russia.
Avar village of Kusur, Dagestan
Painting of Avar women having a party by Halil Beg Mussayassul, 1935
Imam Shamil
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Imam Shamil was the third Imam of the Caucasian Imamate, and a Muslim sheikh of the Naqshbandi Sufi order. Nicknamed the "Caucasian Eagle", he was the political, military, and spiritual leader of Nort
Avars (Caucasus)
…the Avar region. The Avar population revolted under the flag of the Muslim Imamate of Dagestan. Ghazi Mohammed (1828–1832), Hamzat Bek (1832–1834), and Shamil (1834–1859) led the revolts. This Caucasian War raged until 1864, when the Avarian Khanate was abolished and replaced by the Avarian District. Some…
Capture of Shamil, by Theodor Horschelt
Imam Shamil, Lithography by Vasily Timm
"Shamil's family". Left to right: Ghazi Muhammad's confident, Murid Hajio; Shamil's son Muhammad Shafi; Shamil's sons-in-law: Abdurrahim and Abdurrahman, Kaluga, 1860