Osman Batur

Osman Batur
Born1899
Koktokay County, Altay Prefecture, Xinjiang, Great Qing
DiedApril 29, 1951(1951-04-29) (aged 51–52)
Ürümqi, Xinjiang, People's Republic of China
Battles / warsIli Rebellion

Chinese Civil War

Osman Batur
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese烏斯滿·巴圖爾
Simplified Chinese乌斯满·巴图尔
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinWūsīmǎn Bātú'ěr
Wade–GilesWu1-ssu1-man3 Pa1-t'u2-erh3
Birth name
Traditional Chinese烏斯滿·伊斯蘭奧盧
Simplified Chinese乌斯满·伊斯兰奥卢
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinWūsīmǎn Yīsīlán'àolú
Wade–GilesWu1-ssu1-man3 I1-ssu1-lan2-ao4-lu2
Mongolian name
Mongolian CyrillicОсман дээрэмчин
Mongolian scriptᠣᠰᠮᠠᠨ
ᠳᠡᢉᠡᠷᠡᠮᠴᠢᠨ
Kazakh name
Kazakhوسپان باتىر
Оспан батыр
Ospan Batyr

Osman Batur (lit.'Osman the Hero'; 1899 – April 29, 1951) was a Kazakh military leader active in the Altai Mountains. He led a personal army of fellow Kazakhs and fought alongside the Soviet-backed Second East Turkestan Republic, before defecting to the Nationalist forces of the Republic of China.