Omar Sheikhulayev | |
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Emir of the Dagestani Front | |
In office 5 December 2008 – 5 February 2009 | |
Preceded by | Abdul Madzhid |
Succeeded by | Umalat Magomedov |
Personal details | |
Born | 5 June 1975 Untsukul Dagestan RSFSR USSR |
Died | 5 February 2009 outside Makhachkala Dagestan Russia | (aged 33)
Nickname | Emir Muaz |
Military service | |
Allegiance | Caucasus Emirate |
Commands | Vilayat Dagestan |
Battles/wars | Insurgency in the North Caucasus |
Omar (Umar) Sheikhulayev ( Russian: Умар Магомедович Шейхулаев, 5 June 1975 - 5 February 2009), also known as Emir Muaz, [1] was the militant leader of the Vilayat Dagestan of the Caucasus Emirate, in the volatile southern Russian republic of Dagestan. [1]
Omar was a close associate of Rappani Khalilov and Rasul Makasharipov. [2] In December 2008 Dokku Umarov appointed him leader of the Shariat Jamaat as a successor to the slain Ilgas Malachiyev. He was accused of killing Deputy Chief of Staff of the North Regional Command of Internal Troops of the Russian Federation, Major General Lipinsky. [3]
He was killed on 5 February 2009 in a fierce shoot-out with the Russian security forces outside of Makhachkala. [4]
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