Elihan Tore
Elihan Tore | |||||||
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| President of the East Turkestan Republic | |||||||
| In office 12 November 1944 – 16 June 1946 | |||||||
| Preceded by | Republic established | ||||||
| Succeeded by | Hakimbek Khoja (who was the Vice President) and later by Ehmetjan Qasim (as President of the Ili District Council) | ||||||
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| Born | Elihan Tore 21 March 1884 | ||||||
| Died | 28 February 1976 (age 91) | ||||||
| Profession | Politician, poet, scholar | ||||||
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| Allegiance | East Turkestan Republic | ||||||
| Branch/service | East Turkestan National Army | ||||||
| Rank | Marshal | ||||||
| Battles/wars | Ili Rebellion (1944–1946) | ||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||
| Chinese | 艾力汗·吐烈 | ||||||
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| Uyghur name | |||||||
| Uyghur | ئەلىخان تۆرە ساغۇنى | ||||||
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| Uzbek name | |||||||
| Uzbek | Alixontoʻra Sogʻuniy Алихонтўра Соғуний | ||||||
Elihan Tore Saghuny (21 March 1884 – 28 February 1976) was an Uzbek political and religious leader who served as the president of the Second East Turkestan Republic (1944–1946). He was born in Tokmok, in present-day Kyrgyzstan, and moved to Kashgar, Xinjiang, in 1920. In April 1944, Elihan and eleven other Turkic leaders formed the East Turkestan Liberation Organization in Ghulja (Yining) to end Chinese Nationalist rule and establish an independent East Turkestan. On 11 November 1944, they launched the Ili Rebellion with the support of the Soviet Union.