Caucasian Imamate

North Caucasian Imamate
إمامة شمال القوقاز (Arabic)
Imāmat Shamal al Qawqāz
1828–1859
Flag of North Caucasian Imamate
Flag
StatusImamate
Common languagesNortheast Caucasian languages[2]
Northwest Caucasian languages
Arabic[1]
Kumyk language[1]
Religion
Sunni Islam
Demonym(s)North Caucasian
GovernmentImamate
Imam 
• 1828–1832
Ghazi Muhammad
• 1832–1834
Hamzat Bek
• 1834–1859
Imam Shamil
• March – April 1918
Najmuddin Hotso
Historical eraCaucasian War
• The Gazawat begins, the Imamate is established to combat the Russians
1828
• Overthrown by the Russian Empire
1859
Succeeded by
Russian Empire
Today part ofRussia
1. ^ official,[2] administrative,[2] and religious language.[2]
2. ^ Incl. Chechen, Avar, Dargin, Lezgin, Tsakhur, Kumyk, Lak, Tabasaran, Rutul, Aghul, and others.

The Caucasian Imamate, also known as the North Caucasus Imamate (Arabic: إمامة شمال القوقاز, romanizedImāmat Shamal al Qawqāz), was a state established by the imams in Dagestan and Chechnya during the early-to-mid 19th century in the North Caucasus, to fight against the Russian Empire during the Caucasian War, where Russia sought to conquer the Caucasus in order to secure communications with its new territories south of the mountains.

  1. ^ [T. Makarov, Tatar Grammar of the Caucasian Dialect]
  2. ^ a b c Zelkina, Anna (2000). Owens, Jonathan (ed.). Arabic As a Minority Language. Walter de Gruyter. pp. 98–100. ISBN 9783110165784.