The Committee for National Revolution () was a
Turkic Nationalist Uighur party which existed in 1932–1934. It helped found the
First East Turkestan Republic. It was
anti-Chinese
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, anti-
Chinese Muslim
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,
anti-Communist
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and
anti-Christian. The leader of
Karakash gold miners Ismail Khan Khoja, the
Khotan Emir Muhammad Amin Bughra
Muhammad Amin Bughra (also Muḥammad Amīn Bughra; ug, مۇھەممەد ئىمىن بۇغرا, محمد أمين بغرا, ; ), sometimes known by his Han name Mao Deming () and his Turkish name Mehmet Emin Buğra; 1901–1965), was a Turkic ...
, his brothers
Abdullah Bughra,
Nur Ahmad Jan Bughra, and
Sabit Damulla Abdulbaki joined the committee. It had originally 300 members and 50 rifles. On February 20, 1933, it set up a provisional Khotan government with Sabit as prime minister and Muhammad Amin Bughra as head of the armed forces. It favored the establishment of an Islamic theocracy.
See also
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First East Turkestan Republic
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Second East Turkestan Republic
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Young Kashgar Party
The Young Kashgar Party () was a Turkic nationalist Uighur political party which existed from 1933 to 1934. It helped found the First East Turkestan Republic, a separatist entity of the Republic of China. It was anti-Han and anti-Hui. The Uighu ...
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