Ospan Batyr

Osman Batyr (Islamuly)
Born 1899
Koktokay County, Altay Prefecture, Xinjiang
Died April 29, 1951
Urumqi, Xinjiang

Osman Batyr (Kazakh: Оспан батыр or وسپان باتىر; Chinese: 歐斯曼·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 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.

In Xinjiang he led the Kazakh people 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, it is a Kazakh title meaning "hero". (See also Baghatur.)

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  1. ↑ 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