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Giorgi Kushtanashvili (? – December 2017), later known as Feyzullah Margoshvili and commonly known by his nom de guerre Salahuddin Shishani, was briefly the head of Jaish al-Muhajireen wal-Ansar and later headed Jaysh Usrah in Syria until his death in December 2017.

Life

Shishani was born Giorgi Kushtanashvili, though he changed his name to Feyzullah Margoshvili and later took up the nom de guerre Salahuddin Shishani.

He "fought alongside" Ruslan Gelayev during the wars in Chechnya.

He was sent to Syria on behalf of the Caucasus Emirate and served as a deputy to Abu Omar al-Shishani in Jaish al-Muhajireen wal-Ansar (JMWA) and was made the emir following al-Shishani's defection to the Islamic State (IS) in November 2013. Shishani traveled to Raqqa and unsuccessfully sought a truce between the Islamic State and other rebel groups in his role as head of JMWA. IS attempted to assassinate him and killed his driver. He and his deputy, Abdul Karim Krimsky, served until June 2015, and were reportedly replaced with the assistance of Al-Nusra Front. A sharia court had ruled against him and Krimsky, leading to their departure from the group.

Following his ousting, he pledged bay'ah to the Caucasus Emirate. He and other former members of JMWA formed the Caucasus Emirate in Syria. He was removed as the head of the Caucasus Emirate in December 2015.

He established Jaysh Usrah, which was primarily made up of Syrians, and had numbered around 300, though following his death, the group is likely defunct.

Death

Shishani was killed in Hama Governorate in December 2017, reportedly from a Russian airstrike.

References

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