Ismail Gaspıralı

Also known as Ismail bey Gasprinsky, Ismail Gaspirali, Ismāʿīl Ghaṣbarīnskī, Ismāʿīl Ghaṣbarinskī

Crimean Tatar intellectual and politician (1851-1914)

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Born: 20 March [ O.S. 8 March ] 1851, Ulu-Sala, Yaltinsky Uyezd , Taurida Governorate , Russian Empire (now Synapne, Bakhchysarai Raion , AR Crimea , Ukraine )
Died: 24 September [ O.S. 11 September ] 1914 (aged 63)
Occupations: intellectual , educator , publisher and politician

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Instance of: human
Given name: Ismail
Gender: male
Citizenship: Russian Empire
Place of death: Bakhchysarai
Spouse: Zohra Akchurina
Employer: Terciman
Political party: Ittifaq al-Muslimin
Languages spoken: Arabic
Religion: Sunni Islam
Award: Order of noble Bukhara
Image: Ismail Gasprinskiy.jpg
Residence: Staroselye

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date of birth: 1851-03-20
date of death: 1914-09-24
ethnic group: Crimean Tatars
place of burial: Zincirli Madrasa
Commons category: Ismail Gaspirali
name in native language: İsmail Mustafa oğlu Gaspıralı
name: اسماعيل غصبرنسكي

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Encyclopedic overview

Ismail bey Gasprinsky (also written as Gaspirali and Gasprinski; Crimean Tatar: اسماعیل بك غصپرینسکی, İsmail bey Gaspıralı; Russian: Исмаи́л Гаспри́нский Ismail Gasprinskii; 20 March [O.S. 8 March] 1851 – 24 September [O.S. 11 September] 1914) was a Crimean Tatar intellectual, educator, publisher and Pan-Turkist politician who inspired the Jadidist movement in Central Asia. He was one of the first Muslim intellectuals in the Russian Empire, who realized the need for education and cultural reform and modernization of the Turkic and Islamic communities. His last name comes from the town of Gaspra in Crimea.

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