Molla Abdulkahhar

Molla Abdulkahhar
Born1884 (1884)
Saidkent village, Gijduvon, Russian Turkestan
Died1924 (aged 39–40)
Soviet Turkestan, Kyzylkum Desert
Conflicts
Alma materPo-i-Kalyan Madrasah

Molla Abdulkahhar (Uzbek: Mulla Abdulqahhor) (1884–1924) was a military leader in the Basmachi Movement. From 1920 to 1924, he organized and led armed resistance against Soviet troops in Turkestan. He participated in several campaigns with other Basmachi leaders, including Enver Pasha. Abdulkahhar directed operations in Khiva and Bukhara in 1922. He later administered Western Bukhara. He was killed along with his two brothers in a Soviet military operation in 1924.

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