Ospan Batyr

Osman Batyr (Islamuly)
Born	1899 Koktokay County, Altay Prefecture, Xinjiang
Died	April 29, 1951(1951-04-29) Urumqi, Xinjiang

Osman Batyr (sometimes is spelled as Uthmān//Osman Bātūr Osman Batir, Osman Batur) (Kazakh: Оспан батыр or وسپان باتىر; simplified Chinese: 欧斯曼·巴图尔; traditional Chinese: 歐斯曼·巴圖爾; pinyin: ōusīmàn Bātúěr), (1899 - April 29, 1951), the son of Islambay was born in Koktokay County, Altay Prefecture, Xinjiang, Peoples Republic of China. He first worked for the 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.

Around Altai, he worked with General Han Youwen to battle the Uyghur Ili Army and Soviet forces.

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.

Batur is not a surname, it is a Kazakh title meaning "hero".

See also

• Kazakh exodus from Xinjiang

Sources

• 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)
• Hızır Bek Gayretullah, Osman Batur, (Turkish)
• Hızır Bek Gayretullah, Altaylarda Kanlı Günler, 1977 (Turkish)

External links

• Article (in Turkish) with Newspaper clippings of images of Osman

Persondata
Name	Osman, Batur
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Short description
Date of birth	1899
Place of birth	Koktokay County, Altay Prefecture, Xinjiang
Date of death	April 29, 1951
Place of death	Urumqi, Xinjiang