Burhan Shahidi
| Burhan Shahidi | |
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| Governor of Xinjiang | |
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In office 1949–1949 |
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| Preceded by | Masud Sabri |
| Succeeded by | Yulbars Khan |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Burhan October 3, 1894 Kazan Governorate, Russian Empire |
| Died | August 27, 1989 Xinjiang, China |
| Nationality | Tatar |
| Political party | CC Clique of Kuomintang party |
| Religion | Islam |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |
 Republic of China People's Republic of China
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Burhan Shahidi (Uyghur: بۇرھان شەھىدى, ULY: Burhan Shehidi; برهان شهيدي ; simplified Chinese: 包尔汉•沙希迪; traditional Chinese: 包爾漢•沙希迪; pinyin: Bāo'érhàn•Shāxīdí; Russian: Бурхан Шахиди; Tatar: Borhan Şähidi) (October 3, 1894 – August 27, 1989), also spelled Bao Erhan, was a political leader in Xinjiang, China during the 20th century.
Burhan Shahidi was born in 1894 in the Russian Kazan Governorate to a family whose ancestors had fled from Aksu, an oasis town in southern Xinjiang, after a failed peasant uprising during the Qing Dynasty. His family was poor and he received little schooling in his early years. In 1912, after the Qing Dynasty was overthrown, he accompanied Tatar merchants to Dihua (now Urumqi) in Xinjiang and worked as an apprentice and store-clerk In 1914, he was able to apply and receive Chinese citizenship from the Republic of China on account of his family's ancestry. He spoke Uyghur, Mandarin Chinese, Russian, Turkish and some Arabic and acted as the interpreter for Yang Zengxin, the leader of Xinjiang at the timeJadid leader Ismail Gasprinski inspired Burhan Shahidi.
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