Sayyid Abdurrahman (Lak: Жамалуттиннул арс АьблурахIман Гъази-Гъумучиял, Arabic: السيد عبد الرحمن ، ابن جمال الدين الحسيني الغازيجوموكي الداغستاني) was the son-in-law of Imam Shamil, a participant in the Caucasian War and the author of the chronicles of Dagestan in the 19th-century during the time of the Caucasian Imamate. Biography Early years Sayyid Abdurrahman was born in the family of Sheikh Jamaluddin in the village of Gazikumukh in 1837, who was the spiritual mentor of Imams Ghazi Muhammad and Imam Shamil. Nisba "al-Husayni" means that Abdurrahman is a descendant of Husayn ibn Ali in the 32nd generation. From his father he received a good education at home, after which he studied in many villages of Dagestan, he knew Arabic and was well acquainted with Muslim law, grammar and poetry. After completing his studies, he settled in the capital of the Imamate Vedeno, where his father was on Shamil's council. At a fairly early age he married the daughter of Imam Shamil Nafisat. His brother Abdurahim was also married to the Imam's daughter Fatima, and Imam Shamil himself married their sister Zagidat. After the wedding, Abdurrahman entered the immediate circle of the Imam and is inseparably with him, accompanying the imam on campaigns and battles and often serving as a clerk for him. In 1859, the Russian army takes the village of Vedeno by storm. The Imam with his family and closest associates, including Abdurrahman, moves to the mountains of Dagestan. Shamil's path lay first on mount Kilyatl, but the inhabitants of the surrounding regions did not respond to the call of the Imam to defend himself, and he had to go to mount Gunib, a natural fortress for the defense of which even a small army was enough. Abdurrahman actively participates in the defense of Gunib, being near the imam and accompanies Shamil for negotiations with general Aleksandr Baryatinsky. In Kaluga After the capture of Imam Shamil, Abdurahкman and his family leave Dagestan and go to Kaluga, where by order of Alexander II of Russia Shamil was supposed to be in exile. The bailiff in Shamil's house is сaptain Apollon Runovsky, who had a great influence on Abdurrahman – it was on his advice that Abdurrahman began writing his memoirs, which would later be published under the title "Hulasat at-tafeil" ("A summary of a detailed description of the affairs of Imam Shamil"). The book describes the last days of the existence