Zeki Velidi Togan

Zeki Velidi Togan
Әхмәтзәки Вәлиди Туған
BornƏxmətzəki Wəlidi
(1890-12-10)December 10, 1890
Kuzyanovo, Bashkortostan, Russian Empire
(now Bashkortostan, Russian Federation)
DiedJuly 26, 1970(1970-07-26) (aged 79)
Istanbul, Turkey
NationalityBashkir
CitizenshipRussian Empire, USSR,
Turkey (later)
OccupationHistorian
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Zeki Velidi Togan (Bashkir: Әхмәтзәки Әхмәтшаһ улы Вәлиди, romanized: Əxmətzəki Əxmətşah ulı Wəlidi, Russian: Ахмет-Заки Ахметшахович Валидов, romanized: Akhmet-Zaki Akhmetshakhovich Validov, Turkish: Ahmet Zeki Velidi Togan; 1890 – 1970 in Istanbul), was a Turkish-Bashkir historian,[1] Turkologist,[2] and leader of the Bashkir revolutionary and liberation movement, doctor of philosophy (1935), professor, honorary doctor of the University of Manchester (1967).

  1. ^ Censorship and History: 1914-1945: Historiography in the Service of Dictatorships, Antoon De Baets, The Oxford History of Historical Writing: Volume 4: 1800-1945, ed. Stuart Macintyre, Juan Maiguashca and Attila Pók (Oxford University Press, 2011), 138, 147.
  2. ^ Literary History: Towards a Global Perspective: Notions of Literature Across Times and Cultures, Vol.1, ed. Anders Pettersson, (Gmbh & Co., 2006), 299.