Caucasian Imamate
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[[Image:Imamat 1854.png|thumb|Caucasian Imamate in 1854]]
The '''Caucasian Imamate''' also known as the '''Caucasus Imamate''' was the state established by the [[imam]]s of [[Dagestan]] during the early and middle of the [[nineteenth century]] in the Eastern [[Caucasus]], especially in [[Chechnya]] and Dagestan, to fight against the [[Russian Empire]] during the [[Caucasian War]].
==XIXth Century==
The Imamate was founded in 1828 by [[Ghazi Mohammed]], who was succeeded by [[Gamzat-bek]] four years later. When he was murdered in 1834, by a band which included [[Hadji Murad]], [[Imam Shamil|Shamil]] became the third [[imam]]. The Imamate reached it's peak under him and included Dagestan, Chechnya and some regions of [[Ingushetia]]. The [[adyg]]s of the Western Caucasus were considered to be under the supreme rule of the Imam and ruled by Shamil's ''[[naib]]'' (lieutenant). Shamil led the Imamate until his surrender to the Russians in 1859.
The supreme government organ of the Imamate was the State Council (''[[divan]]'') which consisted of ''[[mufti]]s'', ''naibs'' and ''[[murid]]s''.
==Fourth Imamate==
After the [[Russian Revolution of 1917]], an attempt to reestablish the Imamate was made by the son of one of Shamil's naibs, Najm ad-Din (Russified name: [[Najmuddin Gotsinsky]]. This name stems from the Dagestani settlement of [[Gotso]], when he was awarded [[nobility]] by [[Tsar]]), with the help of [[Turkey]], during March-April 1918. He was pronounced the fourth Imam of the [[North Caucasus]] and deposed the [[Soviet (council)|Soviet]] power, but was soon defeated by the Soviets. He carried out a [[guerilla]] war in the mountains of Dagestan and Chechnya.{{Fact|date=February 2008}}
==External Links==
* [http://www.yale.edu/agrarianstudies/papers/11noxchi.pdf Yale University paper]
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[[Category:History of Chechnya]]
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