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in 1933. He was involved in the 1933 Battle of Kashgar and participated before in

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Rebellion (1932). He associated with the Turkic nationalist Young Kashgar Party and appointed himself as "Timur

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". He and other Uighurs like the Bughra brothers wanted to secede from China. In August 1933 his troops were attacked by the

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36th Division of the National Revolutionary Army under General

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. Timur was shot and killed in Kashgar.

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The Soviets in Xinjiang (1911–1949) by Mark Dickens
{{DEFAULTSORT:Beg, Timur Uyghurs East Turkestan independence activists 1933 deaths 1886 births People executed by the Republic of China by decapitation Executed people from Xinjiang Young Kashgar Party politicians Executed Chinese people Republic of China politicians from Xinjiang People from Aksu Prefecture