Abdulla Kurd
| Abdulla Kurd | |
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| 5th Emir of the Arab Mujahideen in Chechnya | |
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In office 21 April 2011 – 3 May 2011 |
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| Preceded by | Muhannad |
| Succeeded by | Position vacant |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 20 April 1977 Turkey |
| Died | 3 May 2011 Sharo-Argun, Chechnya |
| Religion | Sunni Islam |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Caucasus Emirate |
| Battles/wars |
Second Chechen War North Caucasus Insurgency |
Doger Sevdet (Russian: Догер Севдет), more commonly known as Abdulla Kurd (sometimes Abdullah Kurd), and also known as Abdullah al-Turki or Salauddin, was a Kurdish Islamist militant fighting in Chechnya. Kurd was the top deputy to Saudi-born field commander Muhannad, the fourth Emir of the Arab Mujahideen in Chechnya. Following Muhannad's capture and assassination near the village of Serzhen-Yurt on 21 April 2011, Kurd assumed his position according to the Russian National Anti-Terrorist Committee. He was killed by Russian security forces in the Cheberloevsky area of Chechnya on 3 May 2011.
Virtually nothing is known of Kurd's early life, but he is said to have been born in the Kurdish region of Turkey, probably in the Lice, Diyarbakır area. He would have traveled from his native village to the North Caucasus in 1991 after transiting through the Pankisi Gorge in Georgia. Russian intelligence claims that Kurd fought in the battalion of foreign fighters led by Ibn al-Khattab during the Second Chechen War, and was closely involved in planning and organizing large-scale acts of sabotage and terrorism throughout the region. Following Abu Hafs al-Urduni's death in 2006 and Muhannad's promotion to the post of Emir of foreign fighters in Chechnya, Kurd became deputy chief emissary for al-Qaeda in the North Caucasus, according to Russia's National Anti-terrorism Committee (NAK).
At his death Turkish and Georgian identity papers, belonging to "Cevdet Döger", were found in Kurd's baggage, which were released by the Russian Government soon afterwards. However, the Turkish and Georgian governments both stated that there was not such a person registered in their databases, which means that the documents are likely to be false. The indicated date of birth, 20 April 1977, also was very doubtful because this would mean that he joined the battle at his 14 year.
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