Korşirmat
Sign in to saveShir Muhammad-bek Gazi, also known as Mahmud-Bek also known under the nickname Korshirmat (1895, Garbaba, Fergana – March 10, 1970) was a prominent figure of the Basmachi Movement in exile since 1923, the first head of the Turkestan Union during the Great Patriotic War with the support of the Abwehr to restore the insurrectionary movement in Turkestan. He was of Uzbek origin.
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- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Place of birth
- Fergana Oblast
- Place of death
- Turkey
- Conflict
- Basmachi movement
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- end of work period
- 1921-00-00
- date of birth
- 1895-00-00
- date of death
- 1970-03-10
- start of work period
- 1918-00-00
- name in native language
- Шермуҳаммадбек
- Commons category
- Shermuhammadbek
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Russian Tsardom Era
- Fergana Uprising
- Assassination of Madamin Begkh
- Guerrilla Warfare
- Leadership of the "Unyon"
- Family
- References
Shir Muhammad-bek Gazi, also known as Mahmud-Bek also known under the nickname Korshirmat (1895, Garbaba, Fergana – March 10, 1970) was a prominent figure of the Basmachi Movement in exile since 1923, the first head of the Turkestan Union during the Great Patriotic War with the support of the Abwehr to restore the insurrectionary movement in Turkestan. He was of Uzbek origin.
== Russian Tsardom Era == Shir Muhammad-bek's grandfather, Abdurakhimbek, was a bey of one of the last heads of the Kokand Khanate, Khudoyar-Khan. Abdurakhimbek at some time served as a vizier in Khudoyar's court. After the collapse of the Kokand Khanate, Abdurahimbek began to live in the Margilan village of Kumaryk as a simple farmer. Sher Mukhammed-bek's father Kushakboy Khoja was the amine of Kumaryk. In 1915, he died in Konstantiniyye on his way back from the Hajj.
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