# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/shamil-3rd-imam-of-dagestan
# Generated: 2026-08-31T14:59:44.715Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/shamil-3rd-imam-of-dagestan"
name: "Shamil, 3rd Imam of Dagestan"
slug: "shamil-3rd-imam-of-dagestan"
description: "He held the Russian Empire at bay for two decades from mountain fortresses in the Caucasus, leading a theocratic state that fused Sufi mysticism with guerrilla war."
tagline: "North Caucasian imam and warrior (1797-1871)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Shamil_by_Denier.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1797-06-26"
deathDate: "1871-02-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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  - name: "19th Century"
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    title: "Šamil"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Chamil"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Shamil became the third Imam of the Caucasian Imamate in 1840, a political and spiritual leader who commanded recognition across Dagestan and Chechnya while extending influence into Circassia through his representative Muhammad Amin. A sheikh of the Naqshbandi Sufi order, he organized North Caucasian resistance to Imperial Russia throughout the 1800s, earning the nickname "Caucasian Eagle" for his military campaigns. His imamate lasted until 1859, when Russian forces finally subdued the mountain rebellion. He died on 4 February 1871, remembered as a hero across the Northern Caucasus.