Masud Sabri

Masud Sabri, also known as Masʿūd Ṣabrī (Uyghur: مەسئۇت سابرى, مسعود صبري; simplified Chinese: 麦斯武德·沙比尔; traditional Chinese: 麥斯武德·沙比爾; pinyin: Màisīwǔdé·Shābì'ěr; 1886–1952), was an ethnic Uyghur politician of the Republic of China who served as the governor of Xinjiang during the Ili Rebellion. He received education at Kulja and Istanbul and was a Pan-Turkist. Chiang Kai-shek appointed him the first Uyghur governor of Xinjiang.

Masud Sabri
Governor of Xinjiang
In office
21 May 1947  31 December 1938
Preceded byZhang Zhizhong
Succeeded byBurhan Shahidi
Personal details
Born1886
Ili, Xinjiang, Qing China
Died1952
Xinjiang, People's Republic of China
Political partyCC Clique of the Kuomintang
Alma materUniversity of Istanbul
Military service
Allegiance Republic of China
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