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
Shamil in 1859
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
Dagestan
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Dagestan, officially the Republic of Dagestan, is a republic of Russia situated in the North Caucasus of Eastern Europe, along the Caspian Sea. It is located north of the Greater Caucasus, and is a pa
Imam Shamil
…Eagle", he was the political, military, and spiritual leader of North Caucasian resistance to Imperial Russia in the 1800s; his rule was recognized in Dagestan and Chechnya, and indirectly through his representative Muhammad Amin, in Circassia. He is considered a hero by peoples of the Northern Caucasus. Imam…
The Sulak river flowing through the Sulak Canyon
Kakhib, one of many abandoned auls in Dagestan
Abandoned Lezgin village of Grar