Khoja Niyaz

Khoja Niyaz
خوجا نىياز
Khoja Niyaz in front of Kökbayraq
President of the
Islamic Republic of East Turkestan
In office
November 12, 1933 – April 16, 1934
Preceded byPolity established
Succeeded byPolity abolished
Personal details
Born1889
Kumul, Xinjiang, Qing China
DiedAugust 21, 1941
Urumchi, Xinjiang, Republic of China
NationalityUyghur

Khoja Niyaz, also Khoja Niyaz Haji (Uyghur: خوجا نىياز ھاجى, romanizedXoja Niyaz Haji; Chinese: 和加尼牙孜; pinyin: Héjiā Níyázī; 1889 – 21 August 1941), was a Uyghur independence movement leader who led several rebellions in Xinjiang against the Kumul Khanate, the Chinese governor Jin Shuren and later the Hui warlord Ma Zhongying. He is best remembered as the first and only president of the short-lived Islamic Republic of Eastern Turkestan from November 1933 until the republic's defeat in April 1934.