Ospan Batyr
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| Born | 1899 Koktokay County, Altay Prefecture, Xinjiang |
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| Died | April 29, 1951 Urumqi, Xinjiang |
Ospan Batyr (sometimes is spelled as Osman Batir, Osman Batur) (Kazakh: وسمان باتىر), (1899 - April 29, 1951), the son of Islambay was born in Koktokay County, Altay Prefecture, Xinjiang, Peoples Republic of China.
In Xinjiang he is well known for his heroism, fighting for the freedom of the Kazakh people. He was captured in South Xinjiang, and beheaded in Urumqi on April 29, 1951, after a long, but failed struggle for the freedom of his homeland. After his death many of his followers fled over the Himalayan mountains. Afterwards they were airlifted to Turkey, where they now live.
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- Godfrey Lias, Kazak Exodus, London: Evan Brothers Limited (1956)
- Halife Altay, Anayurttan Anadoluʹya, Ankara: Kültür Bakanlığı (1981). (Turkish)
- Halife Altay, Kazak Türklerine aid şecere, Istanbul (1997) (Turkish)
- Gülçin Çandarlıoğlu, Özgürlük Yolu, Nurgocay Batur'un Anılarıyla Osman Batur, Istanbul: Doğu Kütüphanesi, 2006. (Turkish)
- Zordun Sabir, Anayurt, Almaty: Nash Mir (2006) (Uyghur)
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