Imam Shamil and Quest for Sovereignty - Unravelling the Echoes of 19th Century Chechen Defiance

In this compelling and at times deeply moving history Saika Shafi takes readers on an epic journey into the mighty Caucasus Mountains to tell the story of the indomitable highland warrior Imam Shamil. A legend who stood up to the might of the expansionist Russian empire and led his people in decades-long holy war to defend their ancient freedoms. In doing so the author sheds an important light on a distant frontier region of Islam that has long been overlooked by scholars of Russia the Islamic world and indigenous ethnic groups.