Supyan Abdullayev
 | This article relies largely or entirely on a single source. (June 2015) |
Supyan Abdullayev | |
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USSR | |
| Died | 28 March 2011 (aged 54) Ingushetia, Russia |
| Allegiance | Caucasus Emirate Caucasian Front |
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Supyan Abdullaev (
Caucasian Emirate and a possible successor.[2]
Abdullayev was commander of the Jundullah Brigade, linked to the Vedeno-based wing of the Chechen resistance movement which was close to Basayev. He was primarily a religious figure rather than a military man, alike Abdul-Halim Sadulayev.
Biography
Abdullayev was born in the Kazakh SSR. He was a member of the Chechen teip of Tsadakharoy. In the late 1980s, he was a member of the Islamic Renaissance Party, established in the Soviet Union.
After the
Salafis and the supporters of then-president Aslan Maskhadov
on 15 July 1998. In the aftermath, Abdullaeev grew distant from politics and became known as a "second stringer."
During the
Brigadier General. Even though he was a jamaat member, he remained loyal to Aslan Maskhadov
until the death of the latter. Supyan Abdullayev developed into one of the most senior ranking field commanders of the Caucasus Emirate, and the chief ideologue of the whole movement. He was named as Dokka Umarov's deputy emir.
Death
On 28 March 2011, Abdullaev was killed in a targeted Russian airstrike on a rebel camp in Ingushetia.
References
- ^ "Emir Supyan: 17 years in Jihad". Islamic Media Network. 31 March 2011.
- ^ What Direction For Chechnya?, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, 8 July 2008