Sadri Maksudi Arsal | |
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Born | Sadreddīn Nizāmeddin al-Maqsūdī 1878 Taşsu, Kazan Governorate, Russian Empire |
Died | 20 February 1957 | (aged 76)
Alma mater | Sorbonne University |
Known for | President of Idel-Ural State |
Spouse | Kamile Arsal |
Sadri Maksudi Arsal (İske imlâ Tatar: صدرالدین نظام الدین المقصودی; 1878 – 20 February 1957) was one of the leading figures in the national awakening of Tatars in Russia during the early 1900s. He worked as a writer, lawyer, politician, professor, lecturer, researcher of Turkic languages and a delegate of the League of Nations. He was the president of the short-lived Idel-Ural State.[1][2]