Rappani Khalilov | |
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![]() Khalilov (centre) together with Sheikh Abdul-Halim and Abu Hafs al-Urduni. | |
Nickname(s) | Rabbani |
Born | Buynaksk, Dagestan | 27 October 1969
Died | 17 September 2007 Novy Sulak, Dagestan | (aged 37)
Allegiance | Shariat Jamaat |
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Rappani Khalilov (Russian: Раппани Халилов) (October 27, 1969 – September 17, 2007), also known as Rabbani, was the militant leader of the Shariat Jamaat of the Caucasian Front during the Second Chechen War, in the volatile southern Russian republic of Dagestan. He was killed on September 17, 2007, in a fierce shoot-out with the Russian special forces.