Yolbars (1888-), Uighur leader who opposed the oppressive administrations of Chin Shu-jen and Sheng Shih-ts'ai (qq.v.) in Sinkiang. After holding office in the National Government at Nanking and Chungking, he returned to Sinkiang to lead guerrilla forces against the Chinese Communists. The National Government appointed him governor of Sinkiang in April 1950. He retained that […]

Masud Sabri (1886-April 1951), Uighur educational reformer in Sinkiang who served the National Government in the 1930's and 1940's. He was governor of Sinkiang in 1947-48. Because he refused to support the People's Republic of China, he was arrested and executed in 1951. Born into a Uighur family in the Hi district of northwest Sinkiang, […]

Chin Shu-jen (1883?-?), governor of Sinkiang province. His administrative methods resulted in a Muslim insurrection that lasted for more than three years. He was imprisoned in 1935 by the National Government for having negotiated a secret commercial agreement with the Soviet Union. Little is known about Chin Shu-jen's childhood except that he was born in […]

Burhan 鮑爾漢 Alt. Burhan Shahidi Burhan (1894-), political leader, gained notice through his activities in Sinkiang politics for more than 30 years. He was governor of the province from 1949 through 1955. After 1955 he was a leading official representative of Communist China's Muslim minority. There are numerous pockets of obscurity in Burhan's career. His […]