Omar Sheikhulayev

Omar Sheikhulayev
Emir of the Dagestani Front
In office
5 December 2008  5 February 2009
Preceded by Abdul Madzhid
Succeeded by Umalat Magomedov
Personal details
Born 5 June 1975
Untsukul Dagestan RSFSR USSR
Died 5 February 2009 (2009-02-06) (aged 33)
outside Makhachkala Dagestan Russia
Religion Sunni Islam
Military service
Allegiance Caucasus Emirate
Commands Vilayat Dagestan
Battles/wars Insurgency in the North Caucasus

Omar (Umar) Sheikhulayev (Russian: Умар Магомедович Шейхулаев, 5 June 1975 - 5 February 2009) also known as Emir Muaz,[1] was the militant leader of the Vilayat Dagestan of the Caucasus Emirate, in the volatile southern Russian republic of Dagestan.[1]

Omar was a close associate of Rappani Khalilov and Rasul Makasharipov.[2] In December 2008 Dokku Umarov appointed him leader of the Shariat Jamaat as a successor to the slain Ilgas Malachiyev. He was accused of killing Deputy Chief of Staff of the North Regional Command of Internal Troops of the Russian Federation, Major General Lipinsky.[3]

He was killed on 5 February 2009 in a fierce shoot-out with the Russian security forces outside of Makhachkala.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 Амир умер (in Russian). Archived from the original on April 4, 2012.
  2. Убили лидера "Шариата" (in Russian). Archived from the original on April 4, 2012.
  3. В ПОСЕЛКЕ ЛЕНИНКЕНТ ГОРОДА МАХАЧКАЛЫ В ОДНОМ ИЗ ДОМОВЛАДЕНИЙ ПО УЛИЦЕ ШКОЛЬНАЯ БЫЛ БЛОКИРОВАН ЛИДЕР БАНДПОДПОЛЬЯ ШЕЙХУЛАЕВ ОМАР (in Russian). Archived from the original on April 4, 2012.
  4. Глава дагестанского бандподполья Омар Шейхулаев уничтожен в Ленинкенте (in Russian). Archived from the original on March 20, 2012.
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