Uzun-Hajji

Uzun Hajji
صالثسا وزن حجي Узун ХӀажи
1920 portrait of Uzun-Hajji by Xalilbeg Musajasul [ru]
Title	Sheikh Imam Emir
Personal life
Born	1848 (1848) Salta, Caucasian Imamate
Died	30 March 1920(1920-03-30) (aged 71–72) Vedeno, North Caucasian Emirate
Cause of death	Killed in action
Region	North Caucasus
Signature
Religious life
Religion	Sunni Islam
Denomination	Sufism
Sect	Naqshbandi
Senior posting
Based in	Dagestan
Period in office	1917–1920
Imam of Dagestan and Chechnya [ru]
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 [ru]
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Dervish-Muhammad-Hajji
Military service
Allegiance	Mountainous Republic of the Northern Caucasus North Caucasian Emirate
Battles/wars	1877 North Caucasian uprising [ru] Russian Civil War Battle of the Northern Caucasus (1918–1919) [ru] White Russian invasion of Dagestan [ru] 1919–1920 Dagestan uprising [ru]

Uzun-Hajji of Salta^[a] (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 [ru] 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.
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