Ghamzat-Bekc's participation in military actions of imam Ghazi-Muhammad’s forces in 1831

In the beginning of the article briefly covers military activity of the first imam of Dagestan Ghazi-Muhammad in the lowland Dagestan areas in 1831. The principal goal of the article understands a controversial episode in the biography of Ghazi-Muhammad's successor the second imam Ghamzat-bek. Specifically, the article covers Ghamzat-bek's participation in military actions in November-December 1831 under command of the first imam Ghazi-Muhammad. The author analyses records made during the Shamil's period by Russian constable P.G. Przhetslavskiy, which contain information about alleged conflicts between Ghazi-Muhammad and Ghamzat-bek, and the author of the article concludes them to be groundless. In his view, in case there were substantial disagreements between the leaders of murid movement, it would be impossible to explain the level of truth when Ghazi-Muhammad ordered Ghamzat-bek to be a head of defense of his key base in the foothills in Agach-Kala, along with the fact that Ghamzat-bek was to even become his successor. In addition, the article covers the course of military operations near the localities already mentioned. In the ending the author reasons the significance of the Agach-Kala defeat for the fate of the first imam.