Ospan Batyr
| Osman Batyr (Islamuly) | |
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| Born |
1899 Koktokay County, Altay Prefecture, Xinjiang |
| Died |
April 29, 1951 Urumqi, Xinjiang |
Osman Batyr (Kazakh: Оспан батыр, Ospan batır, وسپان باتىر; Chinese: 烏斯滿·巴圖爾; sometimes spelled as Uthmān/Osman Bātūr, Osman Batir or Osman Batur)[1] (1899 - April 29, 1951), the son of Islambay, was born in Koktokay County, Altay Prefecture, Xinjiang, China. He first worked for the East Turkestan Republic and Mongolian People's Republic during the Ili Rebellion, but switched sides, and defected to the Republic of China Kuomintang army. He then fought against the Mongols and the Soviet Union during the Pei-ta-shan Incident (Baitag Bogd).
Following the Communist invasion in 1949, he led the Kazakh and Uyghur people under the banner of East Turkestan to fight against the Communists. He was captured in Hami (Eastern Xinjiang), and executed in Urumqi on April 29, 1951, after resisting the Communist takeover. After his death many of his followers fled over the Himalayan mountains. Afterwards they were airlifted to Turkey, where they now live.
Batur is not a surname but rather a Kazakh title meaning "hero". (See also Baghatur)
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Sources
- ↑ Hsiao-ting Lin (2010). Modern China's ethnic frontiers: a journey to the west. Volume 67 of Routledge studies in the modern history of Asia (illustrated ed.). Taylor & Francis. p. 126. ISBN 0-415-58264-4. Retrieved 2011-12-27.
Osman Bator 烏斯滿
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