Imam Shamil
Political leader
Imam Shamil was the political, military, and spiritual leader of North Caucasian resistance to Imperial Russia in the 1800s, the third Imam of the Caucasian Imamate, and a Sunni Muslim shaykh of the Naqshbandi Sufis. Wikipedia
Born: June 26, 1797, Gimry, Russia
Died: February 16, 1871 (age 73 years), Madinah, Saudi Arabia
Place of burial: Al Baqi Cemetery, Madinah, Saudi Arabia
Children: Cemaleddin and Muhammed Gazi
Spouse: Anna Ulukhanova (m. ?–1871)
Nationality: Russian
Parents: Dengau and Bahou Messadou