commands religion battles article_title name
southwest republic of ichkeria front of the armed forces of the chechen islam second chechen war north caucasus insurgency tarkhan gaziyev
 tarkhan ismailovich gaziyev
tarkhan gaziyev

tarkhan ismailovich gaziyev -lrb- -rrb- , also known as emir tarkhan , is a chechen mujahid emir -lrb- commander -rrb- fighting in the north caucasus .
said to be held in great respect by fellow fighters for his courage , military skills and depth of faith , gaziyev was named commander of the southwest front of the armed forces of the chechen republic of ichkeria by rebel leader dokka umarov on 24 september 2006 , and was later appointed head of the national security service at the beginning of march 2007 .
following the formation of the caucasus emirate in the fall of 2007 , the entity was renamed `` raisa mukhabarat '' -lrb- security service -rrb- , and gaziyev retained his post ; however , following a summer 2010 dispute over the leadership and goals of a future separatist state in the north caucasus , umarov revoked gaziyev 's title along with fellow field commanders khuseyn gakayev , aslambek vadalov , and the saudi-born muhannad .
a july 2011 sharia court proceeding about the discord conducted by the caucasus emirate in chechnya would lead to a ruling in favor of umarov ; as a result of the trial , numerous chechen commanders who withdrew their oaths of allegiance to him instead re-affirmed their loyalty to the emir of the caucasus emirate .
among them were gakayev and vadalov , but apparently not gaziyev .
