List of Lezgins

This is a partial list of notable Lezgin people.

Military personnel

13th–19th century

  • Haji Davud Mushkurvi, Lezgin imam was a prominent 18th-century Lezgin military-religious leader, Sunni scholar, and the first Imam of the Caucasus. He led a major national liberation movement against the Safavid Empire.[3]
  • Sheikh Muhammad Yarguvi, was a Lezgin imam, founder of Muridism in the Caucasus and teacher of all imams of Dagestan and Chechnya. Legendary Khas Muhammad Huluhvi and Imam Shamil was his the most famous student.[4]
  • Khas Muhammad Huluhvi, Lezgin imam and military leader during the Russo-Caucasian War. Leader of the uprisings in Quba in 1837–1839.[5]
  • Ali Hilivi, Lezgin abrek of the uprisings in Quba in 1837–1839.[5]
  • Mushab-Ali Kuzunvi, Lezgin imam and military leader, Leader of the uprisings in Qusar in 1930.
  • Haddam Chakarvi, Lezgin abrek of the uprisings in Quba in 1930
  • Gazi Muhammad Shtulvi, Lezgin imam and military leader,[6] Leader of the uprisings in Shtul in 1930.
  • Abdullah Kirivi, legendary Lezgin folk hero and abrek[7]
  • Mahmud Shtulvi, Lezgin abrek

World War II

  • Erzi (Araz) Kazimagomedovich Aliyev, Red army sniper, Hero of the Soviet Union
  • Valid (Valentin) Allahyarovich Emirov, Soviet pilot, captain, Hero of the Soviet Union

Politicians

Soviet Union

  • Magomed Khuseynov (Mikhail Lezgintsev), general[8]

Russian Federation

Republic of Türkiye

Business

  • Suleyman Kerimov, Lezgin entrepreneur and businessman
  • Sayfuddin Rustamov, Lezgin entrepreneur and businessman

Sports

Footballers

Wrestlers

Boxers

Mixed martial artists

Weightlifters

  • Ismail Gadzhibekov, weightlifter, 4x champion and two-time silver medalist of the Russian Championships

Judo practitioners

Writers and poets

Writers

  • Sayfullah Kurahvi, writer and poet

Poets

Scientists

Historians

Activists and journalists

Others


References

  1. ↑ Floor, Willem (2001). Safavid Government Institutions. Costa Mesa, California: Mazda Publishers. pp. 87–88. ISBN 978-1568591353.
  2. ↑ Savory, Roger (1993). "DĀḠESTĀNĪ, FATḤ ʿALĪ KHAN". Encyclopaedia Iranica, Vol. VI, Fasc. 6. pp. 576–577.
  3. ↑ Bakikhanov, Abbas-Kuli-aga (1983). Sochinenii͡a, zapiski, pisʹma (in Russian). Izd-vo "Ėlm".
  4. ↑ Akaev, V. Kh (1999). Суфизм и ваххабизм на северном Кавказе (in Russian). Rossiĭskai︠a︡ akademii︠a︡ nauk, In-t ėtnologii i antropologii. ISBN 978-5-201-14658-0.
  5. 1 2 Рустамова-Тогиди, Солмаз (2010). Куба: апрель-май 1918 г. мусульманские погромы в документах (in Russian). Verlag nicht ermittelbar. ISBN 978-9952-8027-6-4.
  6. ↑ Назир ад-Дургели. Услада умов в биографиях дагестанских учёных / Шихсаидов А. Р. — М.: Марджани, 2012. — 141.
  7. ↑ Ризаханова (2005). Лезгины. XIX — начало XX в. Историко-этнографическое исследование (PDF) (in Russian). ДНЦ РАН. p. 48.
  8. ↑ "«Человек чести и долга» | Библиотека им. Расула Гамзатова". www.lib05.ru. Retrieved 2026-02-22.
  9. ↑ Özakman, Turgut; Nur, Rıza (1995-01-01). Dr. Rıza Nur dosyası (in Turkish). Bilgi yayınevi. ISBN 9789754945157.
  10. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "List of Lezgins". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 11 July 2012.
  11. ↑ "Амри Шихсаидов: «Наука – благодатное дело»". uchitel-dag.ru (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2024-04-14. Retrieved 2026-02-22.
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