Kalila Umarov | Sanjar Umarov | Dokka |
In late 2007, the President of Ichkeria Dokka Umarov declared that he had renamed the republic to Noxc̈iyc̈ó and converted it into a province of the much larger Caucasus Emirate, with himself as Emir.
Astemirov said that after the deaths of Sheikh Abdul-Halim and later Shamil Basayev, he sent a letter to the new Chechen rebel leader Dokka Umarov, asking him what he thought about declaring an Emirate that would replace the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria.