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Hamzat Bek
Hamzat Bek was the second imam of the Caucasian Imamate, succeeding Ghazi Muhammad after his death at Gimry in 1832. In 1834 he took the Avar capital Khunzakh and massacred the family of the Avar khans. Weeks later he was assassinated in a mosque by Avar kinsmen, including Hadji Murad, and Shamil became imam.
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