Abu Omar al-Shishani

Tarkhan Tayumurazovich Batirashvili (Georgian: თარხან ბათირაშვილი; 11 January 1986 – 10 July 2016), known by his nom de guerre Abu Omar al-Shishani (Arabic: أَبُو عُمَرَ ٱلشِّيشَانِيِّ‎, romanized: ʾAbū ʿUmar aš-Šīšānī) or Omar al-Shishani, was a Georgian Chechen jihadist who served as a commander for the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, and was previously as a sergeant in the Georgian Army.

Abu Omar al-Shishani

Tarkhan Tayumurazovich Batirashvili (Georgian: თარხან ბათირაშვილი; 11 January 1986 – 10 July 2016), known by his nom de guerre Abu Omar al-Shishani (Arabic: أَبُو عُمَرَ ٱلشِّيشَانِيِّ‎, romanized: ʾAbū ʿUmar aš-Šīšānī) or Omar al-Shishani, was a Georgian Chechen jihadist who served as a commander for the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, and was previously as a sergeant in the Georgian Army.