Uzun-Hajji
Sign in to saveAlso known as Uzun Hajji, Uzun, Uzun-Hajji of Salta, Uzun Hajji of Salta
Uzun-Hajji of Salta (1848 – 30 March 1920) was a North Caucasian religious, military, and political leader who was Emir of the North Caucasian Emirate during the Russian Civil War. The sheikh of a Naqshbandi Sufi tariqa and a political exile prior to the Russian Revolution, he was one of the leaders of the in the Mountainous Republic of the Northern Caucasus, and he served as a member of parliament for the country.
Key facts
- Religious biography.name
- Uzun
- Religious biography.honorific suffix
- Hajji
- Religious biography.native_name_lang
- av
- Religious biography.image
- Портрет Узун-Хаджи (2).jpg
- Religious biography.caption
- 1920 portrait of Uzun-Hajji by
- Religious biography.birth_place
- Salta, Caucasian Imamate (now Republic of Dagestan, Russia)
- Religious biography.death_place
- Vedeno, North Caucasian Emirate (now Chechnya, Russia)
- Religious biography.death_cause
- Typhus
- Religious biography.religion
- Sunni Islam
- Religious biography.region
- North Caucasus
- Religious biography.denomination
- Sufism
- Religious biography.sect
- Naqshbandi
- Religious biography.signature
- Signature of Uzun Hadji.png
- Religious biography.location
- Dagestan
- Religious biography.period
- 1917–1920
- Officeholder.embed
- yes
- Officeholder.term_start
- May 1919
- Officeholder.term_end
- 30 March 1920Disputed with Najmuddin of Gotzo
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Encyclopedic overview
12 sectionsContents
- Early life and career
- Pre-revolutionary activities
- Revolution
- Participation in the Union of Highlanders
- During the [[Russian Civil War]]
- Against the Reds
- Against the Whites
- Declaration of the emirate
- Negotiations and death
- Notes
- References
- Bibliography
Uzun-Hajji of Salta (1848 – 30 March 1920) was a North Caucasian religious, military, and political leader who was Emir of the North Caucasian Emirate during the Russian Civil War. The sheikh of a Naqshbandi Sufi tariqa and a political exile prior to the Russian Revolution, he was one of the leaders of the in the Mountainous Republic of the Northern Caucasus, and he served as a member of parliament for the country.
Uzun-Hajji fought both the Bolsheviks and the White movement during the Civil War, seeking to establish an independent theocracy in the North Caucasus. His attempt to establish an emirate of his own lasted for seven months, with extensive support from the Democratic Republic of Georgia, before it successfully expelled White forces from the North Caucasus. He died shortly after, and the Soviet government took control of the region in the aftermath.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Uzun-Hajji” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.