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Doku Khamatovich Umarov (Chechen: Ӏумар Хьамади кӀант Докка, romanized: 'Umar Ẋamadi khant Dokka, [ʕuˈmɑr ħɑmɑdi ˈkʼɑnt doˈkːɑ]; Russian: Доку Хаматович Умаров, Doku Khamatovich Umarov; 13 April 1964 – 7 September 2013), also known as Dokka Umarov as well as by his Arabized name of Dokka Abu Umar, was a Chechen mujahid in North Caucasus ...
Oct 13, 2016 · Mark Youngman. In October 2007, veteran Chechen field commander Dokka Umarov proclaimed the formation of the Caucasus Emirate (IK), formalising the victory of the North Caucasus insurgency’s Islamist wing over its nationalist-separatists. During Umarov’s time as leader, the North Caucasus experienced sustained violence and the IK claimed ...
Feb 22, 2008 · Dokka Umarov’s infamous announcement declaring the formation of a new state structure, the Emirate, has been followed recently by a period of reflection and correcting the errors made by the rebel leader as a result of hasty concessions to the demands of Anzor Astemirov (aka Amir Seifullah), the leader of Kabardino-Balkar Jamaat “Yarmuk” (Kavkaz.tv, November 20, 2007).
Mar 13, 2008 · Any present-day event always triggers associations with other episodes already captured by history. Analogies of this sort help to understand the advantages and flaws of current actors, who similarly are most often influenced by the specific personalities and events of the past. Dokka Umarov’s leadership is seemingly inspired by the history of Sheikh Uzun Haji’s emirate state, which was ...
Jan 20, 2014 · Assessing The Circumstantial Evidence. Chechen Republic head Ramzan Kadyrov, who over the past four years has repeatedly declared that self-styled Caucasus Emirate leader Doku Umarov has ...
Apr 1, 2010 · Umarov was born in April 1964 in the village of Kharsenoi in the Shatoi Raion of southern Chechnya, into a family he describes as belonging to the intelligentsia. Umarov graduated from the ...
Umarov was a major military figure in both wars in Chechnya during the 1990s and 2000s, before becoming the leader of the greater insurgency in the North Caucasus. Read more on Wikipedia. Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dokka Umarov has received more than 883,415 page views.
