Umalat Magomedov

Umalat Magomedov
Emir of the Dagestani Front
In office
12 April 2009  31 December 2009
Preceded by Omar Sheikhulayev
Succeeded by Magomed Vagabov
Personal details
Born 1979
Khasavyurt, Dagestan ASSR, RSFSR, USSR
Died 31 December 2009
Khasavyurt, Dagestan, Russia
Religion Sunni Islam
Military service
Allegiance Caucasus Emirate
Commands Vilayat Dagestan
Battles/wars Insurgency in the North Caucasus

Umalat Magomedov, also known as Emir Al Bara was the leader of the militant Vilayat Dagestan organisation in the southern Russian republic of Dagestan.

He was appointed emir by Dokka Umarov, leader of the Caucasus Emirate, in April 2009 after the death of Omar Sheikhulayev. He was killed by Russian security forces on 31 December 2009.[1]

The widow of Umalat Magomedov, a 17-year-old called Janet Abdullaev (also known as Abdurakhmanova) was one of the two suicide bombers who carried out the 2010 Moscow Metro bombings.[2]

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