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Tohir Yoʻldosh

1967 - 2009

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Tohir Yo'ldosh (Yunusov Umid), (born Tohir Abdulhalilovich Yuldashev, Russian: Тахир Абдулхалилович Юлдашев (Yunusov Umid), 2 October 1967 – 1 October 2009) was an Uzbek Islamist militant who cofounded the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU), an Islamist organization active in Central Asia, with Juma Namangani in August 1998. According to the Defense Intelligence Agency he was a key leader opposing US forces during Operation Anaconda. The United Nations considers the IMU an Islamic terrorist organization. When Namangan, the IMU's military leader and cofounder, was killed in an airstrike in Afghanistan in 2001, Yo'ldosh (Yunusov Umid) took over the IMU's day-to-day operations as well. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Tohir Yoʻldosh is the 268th most popular extremist (down from 255th in 2024), the 109th most popular biography from Uzbekistan (down from 92nd in 2019) and the most popular Uzbekistani Extremist.

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Among EXTREMISTS

Among extremists, Tohir Yoʻldosh ranks 268 out of 283. Before him are Abdelhamid Abaaoud, Jared Fogle, Gary Ray Bowles, Karla Homolka, Hamza bin Laden, and Mohammed Bouyeri. After him are Ramzi bin al-Shibh, Noordin Mohammad Top, Mohamedou Ould Slahi, Moses Sithole, Wail al-Shehri, and Atefeh Sahaaleh.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1967, Tohir Yoʻldosh ranks 607. Before him are Jonathan Adams, Dmitri Popov, Steve Harwell, Matthew Barney, Masayuki Nakagomi, and Wang Tao. After him are Konstantin Kozeyev, Andrea Jürgens, Amar Osim, Maya Harris, Gustavo Matosas, and Wladimir Kaminer. Among people deceased in 2009, Tohir Yoʻldosh ranks 405. Before him are Stanislav Markelov, Vladimir Turchinsky, Arnold Stang, Alastair McCorquodale, Stephen Gately, and Valeri Broshin. After him are William Safire, Wendy Richard, Noordin Mohammad Top, Johnny Kerr, Marian Cozma, and Zinaida Stahurskaya.

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In Uzbekistan

Among people born in Uzbekistan, Tohir Yoʻldosh ranks 109 out of 190. Before him are Tursunoy Saidazimova (1911), Odil Ahmedov (1987), Shahzoda (1979), Lomon (1999), Tatyana Kotova (1976), and Lilya Budzhurova (1958). After him are Alexander Graf (1962), Lola Karimova-Tillyaeva (1978), Peter Odemwingie (1981), Movlud Miraliyev (1974), Utkirbek Haydarov (1974), and Alexander Geynrikh (1984).

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Among EXTREMISTS In Uzbekistan

Among extremists born in Uzbekistan, Tohir Yoʻldosh ranks 1. 

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