emirate · Caucasus
North Caucasian Emirate
Origins
After Denikin's Volunteer Army overran the Mountainous Republic of the Northern Caucasus in 1919, the elderly Naqshbandi sheikh Uzun-Haji, who had long called for a revival of Shamil's imamate, proclaimed the North Caucasian Emirate in September 1919 in the mountains of Chechnya, with its seat at Vedeno.
Rule and society
Uzun-Haji ruled as emir under sharia, with a government of religious leaders and Ottoman officers, and with a nominal Ottoman sultan as protector. The emirate formed an army that waged guerrilla war against the Whites in alliance of convenience with the Bolsheviks.
Decline and legacy
With the defeat of the Whites, the Red Army entered the region in 1920. Uzun-Haji died in March 1920, and the emirate was dissolved as the Russian SFSR established Soviet rule in the North Caucasus.
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- North Caucasian Emirate was a protectorate of Ottoman Empire1919 CE – 1920 CE
- North Caucasian Emirate was conquered by Russian SFSR1920 CE
Cite this page
- APA
- The Epoch Institute. (2026). North Caucasian Emirate. In The Epoch Institute States Register. https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/north-caucasian-emirate
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- “North Caucasian Emirate.” The Epoch Institute States Register, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/north-caucasian-emirate. Accessed .
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- The Epoch Institute. “North Caucasian Emirate.” The Epoch Institute States Register. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/north-caucasian-emirate.
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- The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘North Caucasian Emirate’, The Epoch Institute States Register. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/north-caucasian-emirate (Accessed: ).
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