| Imam Shamil | |
|---|---|
 Shamil in 1859 | |
| Imam of Chechnya and Dagestan | |
| Reign | 1834–1859 |
| Predecessor | Hamzat Bek |
| Successor | Overthrown by the Russian Empire |
| Born | 26 June 1797 Gimry, Dagestan, Avar Nutsaldom |
| Died | 4 February 1871 (aged 73) Medina, Habesh Eyalet, Ottoman Empire |
| Burial | Jannatul Baqi, Medina |
| Father | Dengau |
| Religion | Sunni Islam |
| Signature |  |
Imam Shamil (Arabic: الشيخ شامل, romanized: al-Šaykh Šāmil; Avar: Шейх Шамил, romanized: Sheykh Shamil; Chechen: имам Шемал, romanized: imam Shemal;[1] 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,[2] the third Imam of the Caucasian Imamate (1840–1859), and a Sunni Muslim sheikh of the Naqshbandi Sufis.[3]
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- ^ Nicholas V. Riasanovsky (1984). "Chapter 29: The Reign of Alexander II, 1855-81". A History of Russia (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. p. 389. ISBN 978-0-19-503361-8.
- ^ The Great Shamil, Imam of Daghestan and Chechnya, Shaykh of Naqshbandi tariqah