Imam Shamil: The First Muslim Guerrilla Leader
Publisher: The Other Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 212
ISBN-13: 9789839541540
Description: The tragedy that overtook and continues to befall on Muslims in the shape of the destruction of their independence and power would have been sufficient to kill their will to live, were it not for a group of fighters who refuse to concede that slavery can be the destiny of Muslims. Imam Shamil's story of jihad against the Russians is a part of the same story. Little is known of the Muslims of Chechnya and the occupation of their lands by the Tsarist Russian invaders. The Sufi movement in the Caucasus in the eighteenth century was not a Muslim cult occupied merely in chanting God's praise: their jihad movement led by Imam Shamil is an epic story of faith in God and a legacy that Muslims cherish, to be retold from generation to generation.
Table of contents: title: Note to this Edition; title: Author’s Note to the First Edition; title: 1 Geographical Situation; title: 2 The Movement of Jihad; title: 3 The Russian Campaign; title: 4 The Era of Imam Shamil; title: 5 The Imam’s New Strategy (1839-1842); title: 6 Successful Expeditions; title: 7 The Unsuccessful Dargo Expedition; title: 8 Haji Murad; title: 9 The Last Encounter; title: Appendix: The Song of the Death of Khochbar; title: Index