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Participants of the presentation in Makhachkala warmly received a new book about Imam Shamil
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.[KavkazUzel] Historian Magomednabi Ibragimov presented his new work “Imam Shamil. Pages of a biography and criticism of contemporary attempts to falsify it. The presentation aroused interest among history buffs, and professional historians highly appreciated the scientific value of the work. The book should be an answer to false theories about the origin of the imam, Magomednabi Ibragimov believes. The leader of the highlanders of Dagestan and Chechnya in the struggle for independence against the Russian Empire (Caucasian War), the third imam of the Imamat of Highland Dagestan and Chechnya. In 1859 he was besieged in Gunib and on September 7 (according to the new style) surrendered. February 4 is considered the day of memory of Imam Shamil, according to the biography of Imam Shamil prepared by the "Caucasian Knot" . The book aroused interest among the inhabitants of Dagestan. The presentation of Ibragimov's book was held in Makhachkala on February 4, both representatives of the professional scientific community and ordinary residents of Dagestan, who came to support the author, were present, about 40 people in all, the correspondent of the "Caucasian Knot" who was present at the presentation reports. The audience was represented by both the older generation and the youth. Entrance to the presentation was free. The prerequisite for writing this book was discussions and articles that questioned the Gimry origin of Imam Shamil and attributed his ancestors to various ethnic groups of Dagestan, Ibragimov said at the presentation. He explained that for several decades he studied the genealogy of Imam Shamil and published dozens of scientific articles on this topic. The book "Imam Shamil. Pages of a biography and criticism of modern attempts to falsify it" was ready for publication in 2020, but the coronavirus pandemic and various problems postponed its publication until this year, Ibragimov said in his speech. “I myself was also sick for a long time, so the book was published only in 2022, and it became available to the reader only in January 2023,” Ibragimov said. He emphasized that the book deals not only with the ancestors and genealogy of the Imam, but the book contains an inconsistent presentation of the history of Imam Shamil. In particular, the book examines the episodes of Shamil's election as an imam, the resettlement of Imam Shamil to Ashilta, as well as other episodes from the life of the spiritual leader of the highlanders. A resident of Makhachkala, Ali, came to the presentation of the book, as he saw its announcement on the page of Khadzhimurad Donoy on the social network. Ali does not know Magomednabi Ibragimov himself. “I hear about the author for the first time. I didn’t know that he published so many books,” the townsman explained. Ali said that he was interested in the history of Dagestan in general, as well as the history of the Caucasian War and, in particular, the personalities of the imams. “We are used to remembering exactly Imam Shamil, but there are other imams, and many do not remember them,” Ali said. According to a resident of Makhachkala, the topic of Imam Shamil's genealogy, although it seems "secondary", is often discussed on social networks. “It’s right that I wrote a book so that everyone knows the correct answer to this question, but for me it doesn’t matter what nationality Shamil’s ancestors were two hundred, three hundred years before his birth. It is important for me what Shamil did for Dagestan. But I am for the truth in history and the author correctly pointed out that Shamil is an Avar from the village of Gimry and his ancestors were Avars, ”explained Ali, adding that he was a representative of a non-Avar nationality. Every resident of Dagestan wants Imam Shamil to be from his village and from his ethnic group, and the book of Magomednabi Ibragimov puts an end to this issue, says Sultan , a resident of the village of Gimry. In his opinion, Ibragimov, in an accessible language and scientific methods, proves the inconsistency of the fictitious theories of the origin of Imam Shamil and his ancestors. According to a resident of Gimry, Ibragimov's book is useful both for a wide range of readers and for specialists involved in the era of Shamil. “This is a bestseller. In social networks, now only this book is being discussed,” said a resident of Gimr. Akhmed, a resident of Makhachkala, who attended the presentation, believes that the book will be of interest only to the scientific community. According to the Dagestani, he learned about the presentation of the book from the social networks of the historian Khadzhimurad Donoy. According to Akhmed, the fact that the subject of the Caucasian War and, in particular, the personality of Imam Shamil is of interest among the inhabitants of Dagestan is positive and "pleases him." Despite the fact that Ibragimov's book itself will be of interest only to the scientific community, it is important to have a correct historical view of the events of the Caucasian War, as well as a correct assessment of certain historical theories, the Dagestani believes. The "Caucasian War" is the longest military conflict involving the Russian Empire, which dragged on for almost 100 years and was accompanied by heavy casualties from both the Russian and Caucasian peoples. The pacification of the Caucasus did not happen even after the parade of Russian troops in Krasnaya Polyana on May 21, 1864 officially marked the end of the subjugation of the Circassian tribes of the Western Caucasus and the end of the Caucasian war. The armed conflict, which lasted until the end of the 19th century, gave rise to many problems and conflicts, the echoes of which are still heard at the beginning of the 21st century, according to the material "Caucasian War" published in the Directory section. Dagestan historians supported their colleague The book of Magomednabi Ibragimov “Imam Shamil. Pages of a biography and criticism of modern attempts to falsify it "is useful and important both for historians specializing in the era of the Caucasian War, and for a wide range of readers, including those who have just begun to get acquainted with the events of this period and with the personality of Imam Shamil, Patimat Takhnaeva believes - Candidate of Historical Sciences, author of the book "Gunib, August 1859. The Last Days of Jihad in Dagestan." The historian emphasized that in his book, Magomednabi Ibragimov professionally, at the same time, in an accessible language, talks about how and when certain myths arose around the origin of Imam Shamil, who was behind their creation. According to Takhnaeva, the book is "an important and high-quality work that responds to modern attempts to deliberately distort information about the origin of Imam Shamil and the pages of his biography." “I completely agree with the author's statement that by now there has been an information catastrophe on these issues,” she said. "Magomednabi Ibragimov did a great job - he not only revealed all sorts of distortions in the biography of the imam, caused by the replication of numerous inaccuracies from the sources of Russian and local authors of the 19th century, but also reasonably criticized the "latest studies" of modern authors referring to dubious kinds of statements and sources" - says Takhnaeva. The historian believes that the author succeeded well in "analyzing the" latest "and groundless version" of the Gigatli origin of Imam Shamil. “The author of the book cannot be reproached for “parochial narrow-mindedness” when presenting the issues of the imam’s genealogy - he carefully considers all known assumptions about the origin of the imam, “Gimrinsky” and “Negimrinsky”, “Lak” and “Kumyk” (sorry, I didn’t mention, for all the absurdity , and the "Georgian" origin of the imam). This is confirmed by the titles of the chapters of his work (“On the Non-Gimrinsky origin of Imam Shamil”, “Shamil’s date of birth”, “Shamil’s birthplace”, “Dengav: grandfather or father?”, “More about the Imam’s ancestors and relatives”),” Takhnaeva said. correspondent of the "Caucasian Knot". According to Takhnaeva, Magomednabi Ibragimov's book is interesting, written in "good language", "you can hear the author's lively speech." “The only drawback is that the author, as it turned out, in order to save paper, did not separately list references to scientific and academic reference literature at the end of the book, it is extensive and scattered page by page,” she explained. At the same time, the work of Magomednabi Ibragimov is a very rare high-quality work, after reading which a person begins to understand certain events of the Caucasian war. “I strongly recommend reading, this is one of those rare works that is the key to understanding many of the events of the Caucasian war,” Patimat Takhnaeva emphasized. Magomednabi Ibragimov's book is relevant both for a wide range of readers and historians studying the personality of Imam Shamil and the era of the Caucasian War, said Khadzhimurad Donogo , Doctor of Historical Sciences, who was present at the presentation of the book. Ibragimov's work provides answers to questions about the origin and genealogy of Imam Shamil, he noted. Hadji-Murad Donogo is a Caucasian scholar, doctor of historical sciences, professor, author of many dozens of books and monographs, including about the Caucasian War and Imam Shamil . In October 2019, Dr. Donoy's book "Amanat of the Caucasian War" was published in Makhachkala, dedicated to the eldest son of Imam Shamil, which contains previously unpublished documents from his life. Serious research on the subject of the Caucasian War is in demand in modern society, historians interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" pointed out at the time. The historian recalled that among the Dagestanis there are different opinions about the belonging of the ancestors of Imam Shamil to different ethnic groups. At the same time, people expressing such an opinion do not rely on specific sources, the specialist noted. These questions provoke extensive discussions, and not only among professional historians, and Ibragimov's work provides definitive answers to these questions, supported by reliable sources, Donogo believes. “If a person in the fifth or sixth generation had representatives of some nationality - not the one to which he himself belongs - this is a normal phenomenon. All of us in the family will find interesting people of a completely different nationality than the one that we indicate today. This is a normal phenomenon, especially for Dagestan, on whose territory a large number of nationalities live compactly,” Donogo believes. He noted that Dagestanis often unreasonably attribute the origin of Imam Shamil and his descendants to various ethnic groups, without citing certain sources and ignoring those sources that already exist, and the reliability of which is beyond doubt. The allegations that Imam Shamil is not a representative of the Avar nationality are unfounded, moreover, the one who claims this opposes himself to historical reality, the historian believes. “Shamil was born in the Avar village of Gimry. His parents were Avars. How can one say that Shamil is not an Avar? However, it is possible that some ancestors of the imam were representatives of other Dagestan nationalities, but even arguing this, one must adhere to the argument: some documents, memoirs of the contemporaries of the imam, ”Donogo explained. As an example, the historian cited the statement of the son-in-law of Imam Shamil Abdurakhman Kazi-Kumukhsky that among the ancestors of Imam Shamil "in the fifth generation on the maternal side was Ali from Kazi-Kumukh" ( Kazi-Kumukh is a village in Dagestan, the administrative center of the Laksky district and municipal formation of the same name - note "Caucasian Knot" ). In 2019, residents of Dagestan and theologians protested the words of Ramzan Kadyrov, who accused Imam Shamil of repressions against Chechens for their unwillingness to oppose the Russian Empire. Later, Kadyrov repeatedly emphasized that he treated Shamil and the Dagestanis with respect. The questions that the head of Chechnya voiced about the role of Imam Shamil should not remain unanswered , the participants of the round table "Imam Shamil and the Caucasian War: How History is Distorted" decided on October 2 in Makhachkala. “Basically, this book is intended for historians specializing in the personality of Imam Shamil and the period of the Caucasian War. But it will also be useful for the average reader - a lover of Russian history," Donogo explained, adding that for "newcomers" who have just begun to be interested in the personality of Shamil and the events of the Caucasian War, this book will not be easy for a primary acquaintance with the personality of the imam and with the events of that war. “In order to understand this book, one must have at least a small base on the topic of the Caucasian War, and initial information about the personality of Imam Shamil,” the historian believes. Analyzing the genealogy of Imam Shamil, in his book Ibragimov relies on a number of authoritative sources. In particular, Donogo pointed out to the memoirs of Shamil's contemporaries, who repeatedly met with the imam and had conversations with him. “These are Dagestan authors - contemporaries of Shamil, as well as Russian authors - contemporaries of the Imam, who met with Imam Shamil and had long conversations with him,” the historian said. According to Donogo, among such interlocutors of the imam were those who resorted to the help of translators, but there were also Russian officials who spoke with the imam without an interpreter. “Among them were people who knew Arabic, so they talked with Shamil without an interpreter - directly, which is very important. Such conversations, in particular, were between the Imam and Colonel Boguslavsky. He was fluent in Arabic. Also Mirza Kazem-bek, who met Shamil twice in St. Petersburg, and then corresponded with him. These are the sources cited by Ibragimov,” Khadzhimurad Donogo explained. Among the Dagestan sources on which the author relies in his book, Donogo also mentioned Muhammad Tahir al Qarahi, Abdurahman Kazikumukhsky. Khadzhimurad Donogo highly appreciated the activities of Ibragimov and recalled that the author had already published more than 20 books on the subject of the Caucasian War. Each of these books has scientific value, the historian noted. 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