Omar Sheikhulayev

Omar Sheikhulayev
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 (2009-02-06) (aged 33) outside Makhachkala Dagestan Russia
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]

Biography

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]

References

1. Амир умер (in Russian). Archived from the original on January 19, 2012.
2. Убили лидера "Шариата" (in Russian). Archived from the original on June 6, 2022.
3. В ПОСЕЛКЕ ЛЕНИНКЕНТ ГОРОДА МАХАЧКАЛЫ В ОДНОМ ИЗ ДОМОВЛАДЕНИЙ ПО УЛИЦЕ ШКОЛЬНАЯ БЫЛ БЛОКИРОВАН ЛИДЕР БАНДПОДПОЛЬЯ ШЕЙХУЛАЕВ ОМАР (in Russian). Archived from the original on March 8, 2010. Retrieved July 4, 2016.
4. Глава дагестанского бандподполья Омар Шейхулаев уничтожен в Ленинкенте (in Russian). Archived from the original on March 22, 2014.