Caucasian Imamate 1129700 224309850 2008-07-08T07:47:30Z Thijs!bot 1392310 robot Adding: [[es:Imanato del Cáucaso]] [[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] [[Category:Dagestan]] [[Category:History of Chechnya]] [[Category:Former countries in Asia]] [[Category:History of Chechnya]] [[Category:Imperial Russia]] [[Category:Post-Russian Empire states]] {{Russia-hist-stub}} [[be-x-old:Паўночна-каўкаскі імамат]] [[es:Imanato del Cáucaso]] [[fr:Imamat]] [[nl:Kaukasische Imamaat]] [[pl:Imamat Kaukaski]] [[ru:Северо-Кавказский имамат]]