March on Khunzakh
· Khunzakh, Dagestan, Caucasian Imamate (present-day Russia)

Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · file After becoming imam, Shamil marched on Khunzakh and brought all of Avaria under his control. The source supports the year through its account of events following Hamzat Bek’s September 1834 assassination, but does not give a day or month for Shamil’s march.