Nur Ahmad Jan Bughra ( ug, (Kona Yëziq) نۇر ئەخمەتجان بۇغرا, نور احمد جان بغرا; zh, s=努尔·阿合买提江·布格拉, t=努爾·阿合買提江·布格拉, p=Nǔ'ěr·Āhémǎitíjiāng·Bùgélā; died April 16, 1934)
was an
Uighur Emir
Emir (; ar, أمير ' ), sometimes transliterated amir, amier, or ameer, is a word of Arabic origin that can refer to a male monarch, aristocrat, holder of high-ranking military or political office, or other person possessing actual or cer ...
of the
First East Turkestan Republic
The Turkic Islamic Republic of East Turkestan (TIRET; ug, شەرقىي تۈركىستان تۈرك ئىسلام جۇمھۇرىيىتى, , Шәрқий Түркистан Түрк-Ислам Җумхурийити; ) was a short-lived breakaway ...
. He was the younger brother of
Muhammad Amin Bughra and
Abdullah Bughra. He commanded Uighur and Kirghiz forces during the
Battle of Kashgar (1934) against the
Chinese Muslim 36th Division (National Revolutionary Army)
The New 36th Division was a cavalry division in the National Revolutionary Army. It was created in 1932 by the Kuomintang for General Ma Zhongying, who was also its first commander. It was made almost entirely out of Hui Muslim troops, all of ...
. The Chinese Muslims were loyal to the
Republic of China government and wanted to crush the Turkic Muslim Uighurs and Kirghiz in revenge for the
Kizil massacre, in which Nur Ahmad Jan Bughra had taken part. He was killed on April 16, 1934, at
Yangi Hissar
Yengisar County, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (also known as Yangi Hissar); via Mandarin Chinese known as Yingjisha, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (Ying-chi-sha), is a county in the southwest of ...
by Chinese Muslim troops under generals
Ma Zhancang
Ma Zhancang (, Xiao'erjing: ) was a Hui Chinese Muslim general of the New 36th Division (National Revolutionary Army), who served under Generals Ma Zhongying and Ma Hushan. At the Battle of Kashgar (1933), he repulsed an attack of Uighurs led b ...
and
Ma Fuyuan. All of Nur Ahmad Jan's 2,500 Uighur and Kirghiz fighters were exterminated by the 10,000 strong Chinese Muslim army.
It was reported by Ahmad Kamal in his book ''Land Without Laughter'', that Nur Ahmad Jan was beheaded by the Chinese Muslim troops and the head was used in a football game at the parade ground.
References
External links
The Soviets in Xinjiang (1911–1949) by Mark Dickens
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Uyghurs
East Turkestan independence activists
1934 deaths
Young Kashgar Party politicians
Republic of China politicians from Xinjiang
People from Hotan
Year of birth missing