North Caucasian Emirate
Short lived emirate in modern-day Russia
North Caucasian Emirate
The North Caucasian Emirate (Chechen: Къилбаседа-Кавказан Имарат, romanized: Q̇ilbaseda-Kavkazan Imarat) was an Islamic state that existed in the territory of Dagestan, Chechnya and Ingushetia during the Russian Civil War from September 1919 to March 1920. The emirate's temporary capital was established in the village of Vedeno, and its leader, Uzun-Hajji (Узун-Хаджи), was given the title "His Majesty the Imam and the Emir of the North Caucasus Emirate, Sheikh Uzun Khair Haji Khan (Узун Хаир Хаджи Хан)". In 1918, soldiers of the Russian White movement's Volunteer Army, under General Anton Denikin, began to clash with the peoples of the North Caucasus. Uzun-Hajji, with a small detachment of troops, took the village of Vedeno and declared war against Denikin. In September 1919, Uzun-Hajji announced the creation of the North Caucasus Emirate as an independent monarchy under the protection of the Ottoman Sultan Mehmed VI. Ties were established with Kabardian and South Ossetian insurgents, as...
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