Open AccessTHE BEGINNING OF NAIB BAISUNGUR’S ACTIVITY IN PEOPLE’S LIBERATION STRUGGLE IN DAGESTAN AND CHECHNYA IN THE 19th CENTURY
Author(s) -
Yu U Dadaev
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
istoriâ, arheologiâ i ètnografiâ kavkaza
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2618-849X
pISSN - 2618-6772
DOI - 10.32653/ch13264-71
Subject(s) - courage , state (computer science) , mountaineering , religious studies , spanish civil war , political science , sociology , history , gender studies , media studies , law , philosophy , archaeology , algorithm , computer science
The article covers the long-term participation of the legendary Naib Baisungur from Benoy in the people’s liberation struggle under the command of Imams Gazimuhammad, Shamil and Sheikh Tashav-Haji from Endirei. Basing on archival documents, published sources and field data collected by the author and Chechen researchers in the mountains of Dagestan and Chechnya for the last 30 years, the author analyzes military talent, unfailing courage, bravery, organizational skills, kind and noble human qualities of the leader of the mountaineers Naib Baisungur from Benoy. The author emphasizes that Baisungur participated in the people’s liberation struggle under the leadership of the first Imam Gazimuhammad until September 1832, the second Imam Gamzatbek until September 1834, Sheikh Tashav-Haji until 1843 and under the leadership of Imam Shamil until August 1859. After Shamil’s captivity, from the end of 1859 till February 1861 he continued to lead the liberation struggle of the mountaineers. Among all Imam Shamil’s companions (naibs, murids, muftis, kadis, teachers) Baisungur from Benoy held a specific place, he supported and helped Shamil for more than 30 years. He took an active part in the formation and development of the Imamate state at all stages of its construction. For thirty years Baisungur headed the Benoy society, he was the chief of the Benoy society, the naib of Imam Shamil, he participated in many battles against the tsarist troops. In these battles he lost an eye, an arm and a leg. Baisungur overcame all imaginable hardships of the cruel war, and he always remained a living example of unfailing courage and bravery for all Dagestan and Chechen people. He was a particularly bright person, he enjoyed great respect and authority from Imams Gazimuhammad, Shamil, Gamzatbek, many companions of the Imams, and the peoples of Dagestan and Chechnya. The tsarist officers and generals admired him. This is evidenced by many field data, folk songs, legends, stories of old residents, folk sayings in the Chechen, Avar, Kumyk and other languages collected by the author in the villages of Dagestan and Chechnya.