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Korşirmat
Shir Muhammad-bek Gazi, also known as Mahmud-Bek also known under the nickname Korshirmat (1895, Garbaba, Fergana – March 10, 1970) was a prominent figure of the Basmachi movement, Basmachi Movement in exile since 1923, the first head of the Turkestan Union during the Great Patriotic War with the support of the Abwehr to restore the insurrectionary movement in Turkestan. He was of an Uzbeks, Uzbek origin. Russian Tsardom Era Shir Muhammad-bek's grandfather, Abdurakhimbek, was a bey of one of the last heads of the Kokand Khanate, Muhammad Khudayar Khan, Khudoyar-Khan. Abdurakhimbek at some time served as a vizier in Khudoyar's court. After the collapse of the Kokand Khanate, Abdurahimbek began to live in the Margilan village of Kumaryk as a simple farmer. Sher Mukhammed-bek's father Kushakboy Khoja was the amine of Kumaryk. In 1915, he died in Konstantiniyye on his way back from the Hajj. In his youth, Shir Muhammad-bey led the life of a peasant, was a mirab, which means ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Basmachi Movement
The Basmachi movement (, derived from ) was an uprising against Imperial Russian and Soviet rule in Central Asia by rebel groups inspired by Islamic beliefs. It has been called "probably the most important movement of opposition to Soviet rule in Central Asia". The movement's roots lay in the anti-conscription violence of 1916 which erupted when the Russian Empire began to draft Muslims for army service in World War I. In the months following the October 1917 Revolution, the Bolsheviks seized power in many parts of the Russian Empire and the Russian Civil War began. Turkestani Muslim political movements attempted to form an autonomous government in the city of Kokand, in the Fergana Valley. The Bolsheviks launched an assault on Kokand in February 1918 and carried out a general massacre of up to 25,000 people. The massacre rallied support to the Basmachi who waged a guerrilla and conventional war that seized control of large parts of the Fergana Valley and much of Turkesta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
