Caucasian Imamate

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North Caucasian Imamate إمامة شمال القوقاز
1828–1859
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Map of the Caucasian Imamate in 1856
Status	Imamate
Common languages	Northeast Caucasian languages[2] Northwest Caucasian languages Arabic[1] Kumyk language[1]
Religion	Sunni Islam
Demonym(s)	North Caucasian
Government	Dīvān
Imam
• 1828–1832	Ghazi Muhammad
• 1832–1834	Hamzat Bek
• 1834–1859	Imam Shamil
• March – April 1918	Najmuddin Hotso
Historical era	Caucasian 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 of	Russia
1. ^ official,[2] administrative,[2] and religious language.[2] 2. ^ Incl. Chechen, Avar, Dargin, Lezgin, Kumyk, Lak, Tabasaran, Rutul, Aghul, and others.

The Caucasian Imamate, also known as the North Caucasus Imamate (Arabic: إمامة شمال القوقاز, romanized: Imāmat 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.