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{{Infobox President 
| name=Aslan Aliyevich Maskhadov<br/>Аслан Али кӏант Масхадан
| nationality=[[Chechen people|Chechen]] 
| image=Aslan Maskhadov.jpg
| imagesize=225px
| order=3rd [[President of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria]] 
| term_start= 12 February 1997
| term_end= 8 March 2005
| predecessor= [[Zelimkhan Yandarbiyev]]
| successor= [[Abdul-Halim Sadulayev]] 
| vicepresident= 
| birth_date=21 September 1951
| birth_place= [[Karaganda]], [[Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic|Kazakh SSR]], [[Soviet Union]]
| death_date= {{death date and age|2005|3|8|1951|9|21|df=y}}
| death_place= Tolstoy-Yurt, [[Chechnya]], [[Russia]]
| spouse= Kusama Maskhadova
| children =3
| party= [[Party of National Independence]]
| profession= [[Officer (armed forces)]]  
| religion= [[Sufism|Sufi]] Muslim<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Vatchagaev|first1=Mairbek|last2=|first2=|year=2005|title=The role of Sufism in the Chechen resistance|journal=North Caucasus Analysis|volume=6|issue=16|pages=|publisher=Jamestown Foundation|doi=|url=|accessdate=3 January 2011}}</ref>
}}

'''Aslan (Khalid) Aliyevich Maskhadov''' ([[Chechen language|Chechen]]: Аслан Али кӏант Масхадан, Aslan Ali kant Masxadaŋ, [[Russian language|Russian]]: Аслан Алиевич Масхадов) (21 September 1951 – 8 March 2005) was a leader of the Chechen independence movement and the third President of the [[Chechen Republic of Ichkeria]].

He was credited by many with the [[Chechen people|Chechen]] victory in the [[First Chechen War]], which allowed for the establishment of the de facto independent Chechen Republic of Ichkeria. Maskhadov was elected [[President of Ichkeria|President]] of [[Chechnya]] in January 1997. Following the start of the [[Second Chechen War]] in August 1999, he returned to leading the [[guerrilla warfare|guerrilla]] [[Resistance movement|resistance]] against the Russian army. He was killed in Tolstoy-Yurt, a village in northern Chechnya, in March 2005.<ref>[http://lenta.ru/articles/2005/12/02/bunker/ Кавказ: Масхадов и Басаев прятались в одном бункере] // [[Lenta.ru]]</ref><ref name="Сын Масхадова">[http://www.kavkaz-uzel.ru/newstext/news/id/926840.html Сын Масхадова опровергает официальную версию гибели лидера сепаратистов Чечни] // Кавказ Мемо.Ру </ref>
 
==Biography==
===Early life===
On 21 September 1951, Aslan Aliyevich Maskhadov was born in [[Karaganda Region]] of the [[Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic]] (SSR) of the [[Soviet Union]], in the small village of Shakai, during the [[Operation Lentil (Caucasus)|mass deportation of the Chechen people]] ordered in 1944 by [[Joseph Stalin]]. His family was of the Alaroy [[teip]]. In 1957, his family returned to [[Chechnya]] where they settled in [[Zebir-Yurt]], [[Nadterechny District]]. 

Maskhadov joined the [[Soviet Army]], trained in the neighbouring [[Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic|Georgian SSR]] and graduated from the [[Tbilisi]] Artillery School in 1972. He then graduated with honours from the [[Saint Petersburg|Leningrad]] Kalinin Higher Artillery in 1981.<ref name="memo">[http://eng.kavkaz.memo.ru/persontext/engperson/id/560900.html Maskhadov, Aslan (Khalid) Alievich]</ref> He was posted to [[Hungary]] with a [[self-propelled artillery]] regiment until 1986 and then from 1986 in the [[Baltic Military District]]. He served from 1990 as the [[chief of staff]] of Soviet missile and artillery forces in [[Vilnius]], capital of the [[Lithuanian SSR]]. In January 1991, Maskhadov participated in the [[January Events]], the seizure of the television tower by Soviet troops (which he regretted later{{Citation needed|date=October 2009}}), but didn't participate in the assault itself.<ref name="memo"/><ref>[[Lenta.ru]], [http://www.lenta.ru/lib/14160290/full.htm Масхадов, Аслан (Profile in Russian for Aslan Maskhadov)]</ref> During his service in the Soviet Army, he was presented with two [[Order for Service to the Homeland in the Armed Forces of the USSR|Orders For Service to Homeland]]. Maskhadov retired from the Soviet Army in 1992 with the rank of a [[colonel]] and returned to his native land. He was at the head of ChRI [[civil defence]] from late 1992 to November 1993.

After the [[dissolution of the Soviet Union]], in the summer of 1993, Maskhadov took part in raids on the armed opposition against the government of [[Dzhokhar Dudayev]] in the [[Urus-Martan]], Nadterechny, and [[Gudermes]] districts. An unsuccessful anti-Dudayev [[mutiny]] in November 1993 resulted in the dismissal of Viskhan Shakhabov as chief of staff of the Chechen armed forces, Maskhadov was appointed as the acting chief of staff and, in March 1994, as the chief of staff.

===First Chechen War===
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In December 1994, when the [[First Chechen War]] broke out, he was the senior military figure on the Chechen side during the war and was widely seen as being instrumental to the Chechen victory over the Russian forces. As the First Deputy Chairman of the ChRI State Defence Council (ChRI President Dudayev was the chairman) and the chief of staff, Maskhadov organised defence of the Chechen capital during the [[Battle of Grozny (November 1994)|Battle of Grozny]]. Maskhadov commanded the city from the [[Presidential Palace, Grozny|Presidential Palace in Grozny]], where on one occasion a Russian [[bunker buster]] bomb landed 20 meters from him but failed to explode. In February 1995, Dudayev promoted Aslan to [[Divisional General]].

Beginning in June 1995, Maskhadov took part in peace talks in [[Grozny]] to resolve the crisis in Chechnya. In June 1996, at the negotiations in [[Nazran]], [[Ingushetia]], Maskhadov, on behalf of the ChRI administration, signed the Protocol of the Commission's Meeting on Ceasefire and Measures to Resolve the Armed Conflict in the CRI. In August 1996, after Grozny's seizure by Chechen units he repeatedly held talks with [[Alexander Lebed]] and on 31 August 1996, the signing of the [[Khasav-Yurt Accord]] took place, a [[ceasefire]] agreement, and peace treaty which marked the end of the First Chechen War. {{Citation needed|date=October 2010}}

===President of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria===
[[File:Maskhadov Yeltsin.jpg|thumb|right|225px|Aslan Maskhadov and Boris Yeltsin shake hands after signing the Moscow peace treaty]]<!--Deleted image removed: [[File:Mashadov.jpg|thumb|right|225px|Aslan Maskhadov in his presidential office]]-->
On 17 October 1996, Maskhadov was appointed [[Prime Minister]] of [[Chechen Republic of Ichkeria|Ichkeria]], while he also remained Chief of Staff and [[Defence Minister]]. Maskhadov nominated himself for [[President of Ichkeria]] on 3 December 1996, for the January 1997 free democratic presidential and parliamentary elections held in Chechnya under the aegis of the [[Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe|OSCE]], running primarily against [[Shamil Basayev]] and [[Zelimkhan Yandarbiyev]].{{Citation needed|date=October 2010}}

The elections were conducted on the basis of the Chechen constitution adopted in March 1992, according to which the Chechen Republic was an independent state. Representatives of more than 20 countries, as well as the [[United Nations]] and the OSCE, attended the elections as observers.{{Citation needed|date=October 2010}}

Running with [[Vakha Arsanov]], who became his [[vice president]], Mashkadov won a majority of 60% of the votes and was congratulated by the [[President of Russia|Russian President]] [[Boris Yeltsin]], who pledged to work towards rebuilding relations with Chechnya. Maskhadov was inaugurated on 12 February 1997, and at the same time he assumed the office of prime minister and abolished the office of Defence Minister he had occupied since late 1996. Maskhadov remained commander-in-chief of the republican armed forces. On 12 May 1997, Maskhadov then attained the apex of his political career when he signed a [[peace treaty]] with Yeltsin at the [[Kremlin]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/MHII-65G9TK?OpenDocument|title=Peace Treaty and Principles of Interrelation between Russian Federation and Chechen Republic of Ichkeria|date=12 May 1997|publisher=|accessdate=23 June 2016}}</ref>

By the end of 1996, when Maskhadov assumed his office, nearly half a million people (40% of Chechya prewar population) had been internally displaced and lived in refugee camps or overcrowded villages.<ref name="dissident">
[[Alexander Goldfarb (author)|Alex Goldfarb]] and Marina Litvinenko. [http://www.amazon.com/dp/1416551654/ "Death of a Dissident: The Poisoning of Alexander Litvinenko and the Return of the KGB." Free Press, New York, 2007.] ISBN 978-1-4165-5165-2.</ref> The economy was destroyed and the [[warlord]]s had no intention to disband their militias. Under such circumstances, Maskhadov's political fortunes began to wane. His political standing within Chechnya became increasingly insecure as he lost control to Basayev and other warlords. Even his Vice-President Arsanov became his political enemy. Just like in the years before the First Chechen War under Dudayev, the years of Chechen independence were notorious for [[organized crime]], including kidnapping, leading to several public executions of criminals.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://web.amnesty.org/library/Index/ENGEUR460251997?open&of=ENG-373|title=Chechen Republic: Amnesty International condemns public execution-Amnesty International|publisher=|accessdate=23 June 2016}}</ref><ref>[http://www.mfa.gov.lv/en/news/press-releases/1997/sep/2089/ "Latvia Condemns Public Executions in Chechnya"] (23 September 1997)</ref> 

Maskhadov attempted with only limited success to curb the growth of [[Wahhabism]] and other [[Islamic fundamentalism|fundamentalist Muslim]] groups supported by Basayev, producing a split in the Chechen separatist movement between Islamic fundamentalism and Chechen nationalists. In February 1999, as a concession to radical Islamists, Maskhadov introduced [[Sharia|Islamic Sharia law]]. The Sharia courts that were established sentenced people to death,  flogging, executing people for crimes such as adultery.<ref name="ware">{{cite book|title=Chechnya: From Past to Future|editor=Richard Sakwa|publisher=Anthem Press|year=2005|pages=79–115|chapter=Robert Bruce Ware: Mythology and Political Failure in Chechnya|isbn=978-1-84331-164-5}}</ref>

Maskhadov survived assassination attempts on his life three times, on 23 July 1998, 21 March and 10 April 1999, in which the attackers used [[anti-tank missile]]s and bombs. Russian secret services were officially blamed.<ref name="memo"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jamestown.org/publications_details.php?volume_id=21&issue_id=1353&article_id=13685|title=Programs - The Jamestown Foundation|publisher=|accessdate=23 June 2016}}</ref>

===Second Chechen War===
{{main|Second Chechen War}}
In the summer of 1999, Maskhadov condemned an attempt by Basayev and [[Ibn Al-Khattab]] to spread war to the neighboring republic of [[Dagestan]]<ref name="memo"/> (known as the [[Invasion of Dagestan]]). This raid, and the [[Russian Apartment Bombings]], were both blamed on the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria. On 1 October 1999, the then Russian Prime Minister [[Vladimir Putin]] declared the authority of President Maskhadov and his parliament illegitimate. Putin sent Russian forces into Chechnya, and his promise of a quick and decisive victory propelled him to the Russian Presidency.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20070422051528/http://www.profile.ru/items/?item=8475 Профиль — еженедельный деловой журнал]</ref>  

On 11 October 1999, Maskhadov outlined a peace plan offering a crackdown on renegade warlords,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_19991011/ai_n14278495|title=FindArticles.com - CBSi|publisher=|accessdate=23 June 2016}}</ref> the offer was rejected by the Russian side. In response, President Maskhadov declared a ''[[Ghazw|gazavat]]'' (holy war) to confront the approaching Russian army. Soon, [[martial law]] was declared in Ichkeria and reservists were called, and the building of his Presidential Palace was one of the supposed targets of the disastrous [[Grozny ballistic missile attack]] on 23 October 1999.{{Citation needed|date=October 2010}} 

Maskhadov was one of the main commanders in the [[Battle of Grozny (1999–2000)]] along with [[Shamil Basayev]], [[Ruslan Gelayev]], [[Ibn Al-Khattab]], Aslambek Ismailov and Khunkarpasha Israpilov. Maskhadov along with his men launched daring counter-attacks against the Russian troops while fighting in [[Grozny]] and also effectively used the sewer systems to attack Russian troops from behind. After a meeting with top rebel commanders, Maskhadov and others agreed to withdraw from Grozny and continue to attack Russian forces in the cities and towns surrounding the city. Maskhadov was  the first to withdraw because of his importance to the rebel cause and because he was the official President of Chechnya. As Maskhadov and his men retreated, they set up a vast amount of booby traps and landmines to hinder Russian forces and make most of Grozny impassable.:<ref name="cul">[http://chechnya.unesco.ru/books/culofchechnyarus.pdf Культура Чечни: история и современные проблемы / Отв. ред. Х. В. Туркаев; Ин-т этнологии и антропологии. — М.: Наука, 2002. — 382 с. —] ISBN 5-02-008832-3</ref>

After Chechen forces' withdrawal from Grozny following another battle for the city, Maskhadov returned to a life of a guerrilla leader, living in hiding as Russia's second most wanted man after Basayev, with Russia placing a $10 million [[Bounty (reward)|bounty]] on his capture. He was seen as the official political leader of the separatist forces during the war, but it is unclear what kind of a military role he played. Maskhadov offered his readiness for unconditional peace talks with Moscow several times in 2000 alone, continuing in the following years, but his appeals for a political solution were always ignored by the Russian side.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rferl.org/content/article/1057400.html|title=Analysis: Is It Too Late For Peace Talks In Chechnya?|publisher=|accessdate=23 June 2016}}</ref>

Maskhadov advocated armed resistance to what he saw as a Russian occupation of Chechnya but condemned attacks on civilians. He allegedly supported the assassination of pro-Russian Chechen President [[Akhmad Kadyrov]] in Chechnya, whilst condemning the Russian assassination of Chechen separatist ex-President [[Yandarbiyev]] in [[Qatar]] in 2004. Maskhadov often denied responsibility for the increasingly brutal terrorist acts against Russian civilians by Basayev's followers, continually issuing denunciations of such incidents through spokesmen abroad, such as [[Akhmed Zakayev]] in [[London]]. However, on 24 October 2002, radio communications were intercepted from Maskhadov's messages wherein he called for intensification of terrorist activities and sabotage in Russian territory.<ref name="ware"/> Evidence for Maskhadov's complicity in the 2002 [[Moscow theater hostage crisis]] was provided by its two principal perpetrators, Movsar Barayev and Abu Said.<ref name="ware"/> Although he initially denied responsibility for the [[2004 Nazran raid]], in which 98 police officers/troops were killed, in July 2004 Maskhadov publicly accepted responsibility for the attacks. In the same month, Maskahdov promised similar attacks would happen, and vowed that the winner of Chechnya's upcoming presidential election would be illegitimate and would be attacked if necessary.<ref name="ware"/> He described the rebels behind the [[Beslan school siege]] as "madmen" driven out of their senses by Russian acts of brutality and called the terrorist attack an atrocity.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/459302.stm|title=Obituary: Aslan Maskhadov|date=8 March 2005|publisher=|accessdate=23 June 2016|via=bbc.co.uk}}</ref>

On 15 January 2005, Maskhadov issued a special order to stop all military operations except those in self-defense, both inside and outside Chechnya, until the end of February (the date marking the anniversary of the Stalin's [[Vainakh]] deportations of 1944) as a gesture of good will, and again called for a negotiated end to the Chechen conflict. Umar Khambiev, his designated negotiator, said that the separatists were no longer seeking independence, but only "guarantees for the existence of the Chechen nation".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rferl.org/content/article/1057320.html|title=Chechnya: Cease-Fire Holding, But Little Chance Of Negotiations Seen|publisher=|accessdate=23 June 2016}}</ref> This surprise, unilateral [[ceasefire]] was supported by Basayev but flatly rejected by the Russian and pro-Russian leaders who, once again, refused to negotiate.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/MHII-69G9KJ?OpenDocument|title=Chechnya: Ceasefire or bluff?|date=9 February 2005|publisher=|accessdate=23 June 2016}}</ref> Maskhadov's order to temporarily cease all offensive actions was largely followed by the rebel movement, except in Dagestan.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jamestown.org/publications_details.php?volume_id=407&issue_id=3225&article_id=2369226|title=Programs - The Jamestown Foundation|publisher=|accessdate=23 June 2016}}</ref>

===Death===
On 8 March 2005, less than a month after Maskhadov announced the cease-fire, the head of the [[Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation]] (FSB) [[Nikolay Patrushev]] announced that special forces attached to the FSB had ''"today carried out an operation in the settlement of Tolstoy-Yurt, as a result of which the international  jihadist and leader of armed groups Maskhadov was killed, and his closest comrades-in-arms detained"''. He said the special operations unit had wanted to take Maskhadov alive for interrogation, but claim that they killed him accidentally with a [[grenade]] thrown into a bunker where Maskhadov was hiding.{{Citation needed|date=October 2010}} Akhmed Zakayev, one of his closest allies who acted as his spokesman and foreign minister, told a Russian radio station that it was probable that Maskhadov had indeed been killed; he indicated later that a new Chechen leader could be chosen within days. [[Vladimir Putin]] awarded those responsible for the killings with medals. Shortly after Maskhadov's death, the Chechen rebel council announced that [[Abdul-Halim Sadulayev]] had assumed the leadership.<ref>[http://www.savelev.ru/book/?ch=18&mode=reply Андрей Савельев: Чёрная книга чеченской войны]</ref>

Four Chechens, Vakhit Murdashev, Viskhan Hadzhimuradov, Skanarbek Yusupov and Ilias Iriskhanov, were captured by the special operation. According to the ballistic evidence at their trial in the Supreme Court of the Chechen Republic, Maskhadov was killed by a shot from the pistol of Viskhan Hadzhimuradov, his nephew and bodyguard. Hadzhimuradov testified that he does not remember whether he shot Maskhadov or not since he was stunned by an explosion but after the capture Hadzhimuradov reportedly said: "My uncle always told me to shoot him if he is wounded and his capture is imminent. He said that if he is taken prisoner, he would be mistreated like [[Saddam Hussein]] had been".<ref>[http://www.agentura.ru/timeline/2005/maskhadov/?id=1130484780 «Следствие: Масхадова застрелил охранник.»]</ref>

==Unmarked grave==
On 24 April 2006, the General Procurator's Office of Russia officially refused to turn the remains of Aslan Maskhadov over to his relatives for burial. The refusal was described as legal: <blockquote> Maskhadov A. A., in connection with terrorism, was criminally responsible for many separate serious crimes on the territory of the Russian Federation. Taking this into account, it was decided to suppress Maskhadov's activities and Maskhadov was being pursued for our protection. The burial of such persons is carried out in accordance with the rules concerning the burial of those whose death was a result of the suppression of their terrorist actions, affirmed by the government of the Russian Federation on 20 March 2003, in Order No. 164. In this case, the body is not handed over for burial, and the location of the burial is not communicated.</blockquote>

Maskhadov's family has been campaigning for the release of his remains or a disclosure of what happened to his body.<ref>[http://eng.kavkaz.memo.ru/newstext/engnews/id/1181168.html "Maskhadov's family asks religious leaders to help them to get his body out"]</ref><ref>[http://eng.kavkaz.memo.ru/newstext/engnews/id/1188808.html "All-European action for giving out Maskhadov's body to his relatives for burial"]</ref>

==Family life==
He married at the age of 17. His wife Kusama holds a graduate degree in teaching. They had two children: a son, Anzor, who took part in military action during the First Russian- Chechen War, and a daughter, Fatima.

==References==
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==External links==

===Biographies===
:* [https://web.archive.org/web/20040804065409/http://www.chechnya-mfa.info/bio/president.htm Biography on the site of the ChRI Ministry for Foreign Affairs]
:* [https://web.archive.org/web/20041021001410/http://www.chechen.org/content.php?catID=97 Biography on the Chechen.org site (in Russian)]

===Interviews===
:* ''Ekspress-Khronika (Express Chronicles), No. 8 (611), 26 February 2000, p. 1.''
:* ''Komsomolskaya Pravda, 18 March 2000, p. 7.''
:* ''Kommersant, 21 April 2000, p. 1.''
:* ''Kommersant, 22 April 2000, p. 3.''
:* ''Kommersant, 27 January 2001, p. 1, 3.''
:* [http://www.smallwarsjournal.com/documents/maskhadovinterview.pdf 1999 interview] by [[Marie Bennigsen-Broxup]] posted on the Small Wars Journal web site
:* [http://www.rferl.org/featuresarticle/2005/3/c8bf5cc0-d91f-4dac-9185-a451b1124b1d.html The last interview Maskhadov gave before his death] to RFE/RL
:* [http://www.kommersant.com/page.asp?id=545159 Controversial interview Maskhadov gave] to [[Boris Berezovsky (businessman)|Boris Berezovsky]]'s ''[[Kommersant]]'' newspaper

===Reports on Maskhadov's death===
:* ''[[New York Times]]:'' [https://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/08/international/europe/08cnd-chechnya.html  Russian Forces, in Raid, Kill Leader of Chechnya Separatists]
:* [[RFE/RL]]: [http://www.rferl.org/featuresarticle/2005/03/028b0b1c-0918-45fb-9def-fd8044190523.html Reports Say Chechen Leader Maskhadov Killed]
:* ''[[Christian Science Monitor]]:'' [http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/0309/p07s01-woeu.html Killing of Chechen leader may empower hard-liners]
:* ''[[The Guardian]]:'' [https://www.theguardian.com/chechnya/Story/0,2763,1433156,00.html Chechnya loses its Yasser Arafat]
:* [[CNN]]: [http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/03/08/maskhadov.profile/ Maskhadov: Chechnya's defiant ex-leader]
:* [[BBC News]]: [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4330039.stm  Chechen leader Maskhadov 'killed']
:* [[NTV Russia|NTV]]: [http://www.ntv.ru/news/index.jsp?nid=61483 Масхадова случайно взорвали в бункере (ФОТО)] (in [[Russian language|Russian]])
:* [[Reuters]]: [http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=7854534 Maskhadov's Son Vows to Continue Dad's Chechen Work]
:* ''[[Kommersant]]:'' [http://www.kommersant.com/page.asp?id=552963 Aslan Maskhadov Killed] (includes timeline of attempts on Maskhadov's life)
:* BBC News: [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4349765.stm Russians 'paid Maskhadov bounty']
:* [http://www.signandsight.com/features/54.html Thanks from the new Czar] A comment on the assassination of Chechen leader Aslan Maskhadov by [[Andre Glucksmann]]

===Obituaries===
:* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/459302.stm Obituary] from the [[BBC]]
:* [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/03/09/db0901.xml Obituary] from ''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]''
:* [https://www.theguardian.com/obituaries/story/0,3604,1433966,00.html Obituary] from ''[[The Guardian]]''
:* [http://www.economist.com/printedition/displayStory.cfm?story_id=3738936 Obituary] from ''[[The Economist]]''
:* [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A25589-2005Mar10.html Editorial] from the ''[[Washington Post]]''
:* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060323090355/http://www.islamicamagazine.com/content/view/85/61/ Obituary] from ''[[Islamica Magazine]]''

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