Ishaq Beg Munonov

Ishaq Beg Munonov, also Isḥāq Beg, (simplified Chinese: 伊斯哈克拜克·木农阿吉, 伊斯哈克拜克·穆努诺夫; traditional Chinese: 伊斯哈克拜克·木農阿吉, 伊斯哈克拜克·穆努諾夫; pinyin: Yīsīhākèbàikè·Mùnóngājí, Yīsīhākèbàikè·Mùnŭnuòfū; Kyrgyz: ىساقبەك مونونوۋ/Isakbek Mononov; Uyghur: ئىسھاق بەگ مۇنونوپ/Ishaq Beg Munonop‎; Russian: Ысакбек Монуев) (1902 or 1903-1949) was an ethnic Kyrgyz leader in Xinjiang, China during the first half of the 20th century.

Ishaq Beg Munonov was a native of Ulugqat in western Xinjiang. Shortly after the Russian Revolution of 1917, he moved to the Soviet Union to study and became a follower of Marxism. After returning to China in 1922, he was imprisoned for espousing revolutionary beliefs and urging the Kyrgyz to rise up against Xinjiang governor Jin Shuren. He later served as a regiment and then a brigade commander in the army of Sheng Shicai who supplanted Jin Shuren as governor in 1933. Some sources say that Ishaq Beg was a sent by Soviet intelligence to Xinjiang to support Sheng Shicai.

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