Uzun-Hajji
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صالثسا وزن حجي Узун ХӀажи | |
1920 portrait of Uzun-Hajji by Xalilbeg Musajasul | |
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| Personal life | |
| Born | 1848 Salta, Caucasian Imamate (now Republic of Dagestan, Russia) |
| Died | 30 March 1920 (aged 71–72) Vedeno, North Caucasian Emirate (now Chechnya, Russia) |
| Cause of death | Typhus |
| Region | North Caucasus |
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| Religious life | |
| Religion | Sunni Islam |
| Denomination | Sufism |
| Sect | Naqshbandi |
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| Based in | Dagestan |
| Period in office | 1917–1920 |
| Imam of Dagestan and Chechnya | |
| In office May 1919 – 30 March 1920 Disputed with Najmuddin of Gotzo | |
| Preceded by | Najmuddin of Gotzo |
| Succeeded by | Najmuddin of Gotzo |
| Emir of the North Caucasus | |
| In office September 1919 – 30 March 1920 | |
| Grand Vizier | Dervish-Muhammad-Hajji |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Dervish-Muhammad-Hajji |
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Uzun-Hajji of Salta (1848 – 30 March 1920) was a North Caucasian religious, military, and political leader who was Emir of the North Caucasian Emirate during the Russian Civil War. The sheikh of a Naqshbandi Sufi tariqa and a political exile prior to the Russian Revolution, he was one of the leaders of the Dagestan National Committee in the Mountainous Republic of the Northern Caucasus, and he served as a member of parliament for the country.
Uzun-Hajji fought both the Bolsheviks and the White movement during the Civil War, seeking to establish an independent theocracy in the North Caucasus. His attempt to establish an emirate of his own lasted for seven months, with extensive support from the Democratic Republic of Georgia, before it successfully expelled White forces from the North Caucasus. He died shortly after, and the Soviet government took control of the region in the aftermath.