Kunta-Hajji

Kunta-Hajji
Киши КӀант Кунт-Хьаж
TitleSheikh, Hajji, Ustaz
Personal life
BornBatal
1821
Istisu/Ilaskhan-Yurt, Chechnya
Died1867 (aged 66–67)
Ustyuzhna, Novgorod Governorate, Russian Empire
NationalityChechen
Home townIstisu/Ilaskhan-Yurt,
Parents
  • Kunta (father)
  • Heda (mother)
Religious life
ReligionIslam
DenominationSunni
TariqaQadiri
Muslim leader
TeacherKunta-Haji
Disciples
  • Kunta-Hajjis

Kunta-Ḥājjī al-Iliskhānī (Kishiev) (Chechen: Киши КӀант Кунт-Хьаж, romanized: Kishi K'ant Kunt-X́až; c. 1800 – 1867) was a Chechen Muslim mystic, the founder of a Sufi branch named Zikrism, and an ideologue of nonviolence and passive resistance. He was a follower of the Qadiriyya Sufi order.


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