Abdullah Bughra (; zh, c=阿不都拉·布格拉, p=Ābùdūlā·Bùgélā; died 1934) was a Uighur

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of the

First East Turkestan Republic The Turkic Islamic Republic of East Turkestan (TIRET) was a breakaway state centered on the city of Kashgar, located in the far west of China's Xinjiang Province, Republic of China, Xinjiang Province. It is often described as the First East T ...

. He was the younger brother of Muhammad Amin Bughra and older brother of Emir Nur Ahmad Jan Bughra. He commanded Uighur and Kirghiz forces during the

Battle of Kashgar (1934) The Battle of Kashgar () was a military confrontation that took place in 1934 during the Kumul Rebellion. Turkic Muslim Uyghur and Kirghiz fighters under Emir Abdullah Bughra and other Turkic separatists began four separate attacks over a si ...

against the

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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 Chinese government and wanted to crush the Turkic Muslim Uighurs and Kirghiz in revenge for the

Kizil massacre The Kizil massacre () occurred in June 1933, when Uighur and Kyrgyz Turkic fighters broke their agreement not to attack a column of retreating Hui Chinese soldiers and civilians from Yarkand New City on their way to Kashgar. An estimated 800 Ch ...

. He also had Afghan bodyguards protecting him. He was killed in 1934 at

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troops under general Ma Zhancang. All of Abdullah's fighters were killed, but his body was never found, which later gave rise to speculations about his fate. Several sources state that Abdullah's head was cut off after he was killed and sent to

Id Kah Mosque The Id Kah Mosque (, ; zh, s=艾提尕尔清真寺, t=艾提尕爾清真寺, p=Àitígǎěr Qīngzhēnsì; from Persian: عیدگاه, Eidgāh, meaning "Place of Festivities") is a historic mosque and tourist site located in Kashgar, Xinjia ...

to be put on display.

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The Soviets in Xinjiang (1911-1949) by Mark Dickens
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bughra, Abdullah Year of birth missing 1934 deaths Uyghur politicians East Turkestan independence activists People executed for treason against China People executed by the Republic of China by decapitation Young Kashgar Party politicians Republic of China politicians from Xinjiang People from Hotan 20th-century executions by China Executed people from Xinjiang Kumul Rebellion