Karamakhi

Karamakhi (Russian: Карамахи; Dargwa: Хъарамахи; Kumyk: Къарамахи юрт, Qaramahi yurt) is a rural locality (a selo) in Buynaksky District of the Republic of Dagestan, Russia.

Young people in search of "pure Islam" flocked to these villages from all over Dagestan and other republics of the Northern Caucasus.

[2] Muhajideen warlord Ibn Al-Khattab made Karamakhi the headquarters of his Islamic Army of the Caucasus.

[6] In August 1998, the local governments of Karamakhi, Chabanmakhi and Kadar declared the three villages as "liberated Islamic territory.

[8] In late August, the Russian military began aerial bombardments of Karamakhi.