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Muhammad Amin (naib of Shamil)
Muhammad Amin was an Avar religious leader sent by Imam Shamil in 1848 as his naib, or deputy, to the Circassians of the north-western Caucasus. Among the Abadzekhs he built a more centralised Islamic administration with courts, taxes and a standing force. He submitted to Russia in 1859 and later settled in the Ottoman Empire, where he died.
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