Led by Shaykh al-Islām Ali-Hajji of Akusha, it was one of the main resistance groups against the Armed Forces of South Russia following the White Russian invasion of Dagestan [ru], along with the North Caucasian Emirate.

After the White Russian invasion of Dagestan [ru], Prime Minister Pshemakho Kotsev fled to the Dargin District.

A six-month mobilisation of all men between 20 and 40 was announced, and the Security Council's military wing, the "People's Army of Freedom", was established.

I swear to fulfil the orders and instructions of the commanders appointed and trusted by the Security Council, fighting with all mortal foes and enemies of the people and the government.

The Ottoman officers were dismissed and forced to leave, while Ali-Hajji was himself replaced as leader by communist revolutionary Sultan-Said Kazbekov [ru].