Abdulla Kurd

Abdulla Kurd
5th Emir of the Mujahideen in Chechnya
In office
21 April 2011  3 May 2011
Preceded byMuhannad
Succeeded byPosition vacant
Personal details
Born20 April 1977
Solhan, Bingöl Province, Turkey
Died3 May 2011 (aged 34)
Sharo-Argun, Chechnya, Russia
Military career
AllegianceCaucasus Emirate
Battles / warsSecond Chechen War
North Caucasus Insurgency

Abdulla Kurd (sometimes Abdullah Kurd, and also known as Abdullah al-Kurdi or Salahuddin), (born Cevdet Döğer; 1977–2011), was a Kurdish Islamist militant who was a commander of the Mujahideen in Chechnya. Kurd was the top deputy to Saudi-born field commander Abu al-Walid. Following Muhannad's capture and assassination near the village of Serzhen-Yurt on 21 April 2011, according to the Russian National Anti-Terrorist Committee, Kurd assumed Muhannad's position. Kurd was killed by Russian security forces in the Cheberloevsky area of Chechnya on 3 May 2011.