Ishaq Beg Munonov
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Ishaq Beg Munonov, also Isḥāq Beg,[1] (simplified Chinese: 伊斯哈克拜克·木农阿吉, 伊斯哈克拜克·穆努诺夫; traditional Chinese: 伊斯哈克拜克·木農阿吉, 伊斯哈克拜克·穆努諾夫; pinyin: Yīsīhākèbàikè·Mùnóngājí, Yīsīhākèbàikè·Mùnǔnuòfū; Kyrgyz: ىساقبەك مونونوۋ/Isakbek Mononov; Uyghur: ئىسھاق بەگ مۇنونوپ/Ishaq Beg Munonop; Russian: Ысакбек Монуев) (1902[2] or 1903[3]–1949) was an ethnic Kyrgyz leader in Xinjiang, China during the first half of the 20th century.
Early life
Ishaq Beg Munonov was a native of
Ishaq Beg was a capable commander but aroused the suspicion of Sheng Shicai, who removed his military post and reassigned him to
Ili Uprising
In 1943, he secretly returned to southern Xinjiang and organized a militia called the Puli Liberation Organization in
In June 1946, the revolutionaries of the ETR, which controlled three of Xinjiang's 10 districts, and the
In August 1949, as the
Ishaq Beg Munonov was part of the leadership delegation that left Yining on August 22, 1949 for Beiping.[7] He, along with Ehmetjan Qasim, Abdulkerim Abbas, Dalelkhan Sugirbayev and Luo Zhi, was killed in a plane crash near Lake Baikal on or about August 26, 1949.[7]
Legacy
In the People's Republic of China, Ishaq Beg is remembered as a martyr and hero in the struggle against the Nationalist regime.[8] His remains were returned to China in April 1950 and later reburied in a martyrs' memorial cemetery in Yining.[8] The cemetery has a stele with calligraphy by Mao Zedong, praising Ishaq Beg and his fellow martyrs for their contributions to the Chinese people’s revolution and mourning their death en route to the Inaugural Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference in Beijing.[8]
References
- ^ Forbes 1986: 180
- ^ a b c d e f g h i (Chinese) "柯尔克孜族将领——伊斯哈克拜克・木农阿吉" Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine 2010-10-27
- ^ a b c d e Forbes 1986: 234
- ^ a b (Chinese) Wang Xindeng, 王欣登:抗战时期苏联对新疆的扩张渗透与“三区革命” 2010-01-20 Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Forbes 1986: 186
- ^ Forbes 1986: 188-89
- ^ a b (Chinese) 新中国和平解放新疆内幕 (1) Archived 2014-03-24 at the Wayback Machine 2005-10-03
- ^ a b c (Chinese) "三区革命烈士陵园(三区革命历史纪念馆):伊宁市" 人民网 Archived 2015-04-02 at the Wayback Machine 2008-10-18
Works referenced
- Forbes, Andrew D. W. (1986). Warlords and Muslims in Chinese Central Asia: A Political History of Republican Sinkiang 1911–1949. CUP Archive. ISBN 0521255147.