Shami-Damulla (died 1932) (Russian: Шами-дамулла) was a nickname for Sa‘id ibn Muhammad ibn ‘Abd al-Wahid ibn ‘Ali al-‘Asali al-Tarablusi al-Shami al-Dimashqi, an important figure in the development of Islamic fundamentalism in Soviet Central Asia.
Among his followers was Ziyauddin Babakhan, the second mufti of the Spiritual Administration of the Muslims of Central Asia and Kazakhstan.
Before settling in Central Asia in 1919, Shami-Damulla travelled to Iran, Afghanistan and Kashmir.
[1] He moved to Tashkent in 1919 with the support of the Russian consul in Kashgar.
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