Osman (1899-April 1951), was a Kirei Kazakh military leader. He was executed in 1951 for opposing the Chinese Communists. A Kazakh of the Kirei tribe, Osman was born in an encampment in the Altai region of northeast Sinkiang. The Kazakhs of Sinkiang were nomadic herdsmen, and Osman received his basic Islamic education in various encampments. […]