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Gunibغونيب

Mountain village in Dagestan where Imam Shamil surrendered to Russia in 1859.

Imam Shamil led the Muslims of the Caucasus against Russia for twenty-five years. Besieged at Gunib, he surrendered in 1859 and was later allowed to go on Hajj; he died in Madinah in 1871 and is buried in al-Baqi.

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