Imam Shamil
Imam Shamil (Arabic: الشيخ شامل, romanized: al-Šaykh Šāmil; Avar: Шейх Шамил, romanized: Sheykh Shamil; Kumyk: Шамил, romanized: Shamil; Russian: Имам Шамиль; 26 June 1797 – 4 February 1871) was the political, military, and spiritual leader of North Caucasian resistance to Imperial Russia in the 1800s, the third Imam of the Caucasian Imamate (1840–1859), and a Sunni Muslim shaykh of the Naqshbandi Sufis.
| Imam Shamil | |
|---|---|
Shamil in 1859 | |
| Imam of Chechnya and Dagestan | |
| Reign | 1834–1859 |
| Predecessor | Gamzat-bek |
| Successor | Overthrown by the Russian Empire |
| Born | 26 June 1797 Gimry, Dagestan |
| Died | 4 February 1871 (aged 73) Medina, Ottoman Empire |
| Burial | |
| Father | Dengau |
| Religion | Sunni Islam |
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