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MILITARY PERSONNEL

Abu Omar al-Shishani

1986 - 2016

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Tarkhan Tayumurazovich Batirashvili (Georgian: თარხან ბათირაშვილი; 11 January 1986 – 10 July 2016), known by his nom de guerre Abu Omar al-Shishani (Arabic: أَبُو عُمَرَ ٱلشِّيشَانِيِّ, romanized: ʾAbū ʿUmar aš-Šīšānī) or Omar al-Shishani, was a Georgian-Chechen jihadist who served as a commander for the Islamic State, and was previously a sergeant in the Georgian Army. A veteran of the 2008 Russo-Georgian War, Batirashvili became a jihadist after being discharged from the Georgian military and served in various command positions with Islamist militant groups fighting in the Syrian Civil War. He became the leader of the Muhajireen Brigade (Emigrants Brigade), and its successor, Jaish al-Muhajireen wal-Ansar (Army of Emigrants and Supporters). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Abu Omar al-Shishani has received more than 1,047,358 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Abu Omar al-Shishani is the 1,595th most popular military personnel (down from 1,425th in 2019), the 208th most popular biography from Georgia (down from 185th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Georgian Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Abu Omar al-Shishani ranks 1,595 out of 1,468. Before him are Anthony Wayne, Daniel Harvey Hill, Thomas Picton, Julian Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy, Albert Ball, and Joseph Dunford. After him are John Hunt, Baron Hunt, Thomas C. Hart, Willis Augustus Lee, John Schofield, James L. Jones, and Edmund Kirby Smith.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1986, Abu Omar al-Shishani ranks 125. Before him are Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Lykke Li, Peyton List, Charlotte Le Bon, José Aldo, and Àstrid Bergès-Frisbey. After him are Kim Jae-joong, Sven Kramer, Shaun White, Dmytro Chygrynskiy, Andrés Guardado, and Holland Roden. Among people deceased in 2016, Abu Omar al-Shishani ranks 428. Before him are Gerald Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster, Kevin Randleman, Melvin Laird, André Guelfi, Robert Stigwood, and Van Williams. After him are Bertil Roos, Muriel Casals i Couturier, Henning Christophersen, Fidel Uriarte, Roberto Lovera, and Arthur Harnden.

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In Georgia

Among people born in Georgia, Abu Omar al-Shishani ranks 208 out of 342. Before him are Besarion Gugushvili (1945), Khatia Buniatishvili (1987), Lev Kulidzhanov (1924), Givi Nodia (1948), Mikheil Korkia (1948), and Zurab Noghaideli (1964). After him are Guram Kostava (1937), Miho Mosulishvili (1962), Levan Kobiashvili (1977), Grigol Vashadze (1958), Mamuka Bakhtadze (1982), and Vano Merabishvili (1968).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Georgia

Among military personnels born in Georgia, Abu Omar al-Shishani ranks 7. Before him are Yakov Dzhugashvili (1907), Pyotr Bagration (1765), Aleksei Brusilov (1853), Meliton Kantaria (1920), Roustam Raza (1783), and Kakutsa Cholokashvili (1888). After him are Zaza Gogava (1971).

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