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{{Infobox President | name=Nur Ahmad Jan Bughra
| nationality=[[Uighur people|Uighur]]
| image= Khotan Amir Nur Ahmad Jan Bughra killed at yangi hissar in april 1934.jpg
| caption = Nur Ahmad Jan Bughra
| imagesize=250px
| order= [[First East Turkestan Republic|Emir of the First East Turkestan Republic]]
| term_start= 1933
| term_end= April 16, 1934
| birth_date=
| birth_place=[[Khotan]]
| dead=alive
| death_date= April 16, 1934
| death_place= [[Yangi Hissar]]
| spouse=
| relations        = [[Muhammad Amin Bughra]], [[Abdullah Bughra]]
| children         =
| signature        =
| religion         = [[Islam]]
| party=[[File:Flag of the First East Turkestan Republic.svg|20px|Flag of the First East Turkestan Republic]] [[Young Kashgar Party]] and [[Committee for National Revolution]]<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IAs9AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA84&dq=committee+for+national+revolution+sabit&hl=en&ei=16cjTNK8EsKAlAf37K2aAQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCgQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=committee%20for%20national%20revolution%20sabit&f=false|title=Warlords and Muslims in Chinese Central Asia: a political history of Republican Sinkiang 1911-1949|author=Andrew D. W. Forbes|year=1986|publisher=CUP Archive|location=Cambridge, England|isbn=0-521-25514-7|page=84|accessdate=2010-06-28}}</ref>
}}

'''Nur Ahmad Jan Bughra''' (d. April 16, 1934<ref name="Klimeš2015">{{cite book|author=Ondřej Klimeš|title=Struggle by the Pen: The Uyghur Discourse of Nation and National Interest, c.1900-1949|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rdcuBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA122#v=onepage&q&f=false|date=8 January 2015|publisher=BRILL|isbn=978-90-04-28809-6|pages=122–}}</ref>) ({{lang-ug|نۇر ئەخمەتجان بۇغرا|}}), نور احمد جان بغرا, was an [[Uyghur people|Uighur]] [[Emir]] of the [[First East Turkestan Republic]]. He was the younger brother of [[Muhammad Amin Bughra]] and [[Abdullah Bughra]]. He commanded Uighur and Kirghiz forces during the [[Battle of Kashgar (1934)]] against the [[Hui people|Chinese Muslim]] [[36th Division (National Revolutionary Army)]]. The Chinese Muslims were loyal to the [[Republic of China]] government, and wanted to crush the Turkic Muslim Uighurs and Kirghiz in revenge for the [[Kizil massacre]], in which Nur Ahmad Jan Bughra had taken part. He was killed on April 16, 1934 at [[Yangi Hissar]] by Chinese Muslim troops under generals [[Ma Zhancang]] and [[Ma Fuyuan]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Fighting Continues Tungan Troops Still Active in Chinese Turkestan|author= |newspaper=The Montreal Gazette|date=10 May 1934 |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=gr4tAAAAIBAJ&sjid=vZgFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4151,1369553&dq=tungan&hl=en}}</ref> All of Nur Ahmad Jan's 2,500 Uighur and Kirghiz fighters were exterminated by the 10,000 strong Chinese Muslim army.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IAs9AAAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=warlords+and+muslims&source=bl&ots=KzhMc_broL&sig=fPpJhwpl_wq9q_grSH8uDQC1dgU&hl=en&ei=tFAYTI3IJYOclge1pJGaDA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CBgQ6AEwAQ#v=snippet&q=nur%20ahmad%20jan%20500%20defenders%20put%20to%20the%20sword&f=false|title=Warlords and Muslims in Chinese Central Asia: a political history of Republican Sinkiang 1911-1949|author=Andrew D. W. Forbes|year=1986|publisher=CUP Archive|location=Cambridge, England|isbn=0-521-25514-7|page=123|accessdate=2010-06-28}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IAs9AAAAIAAJ&dq=warlords+and+muslims&q=nur+ahmad+jan%27s+head#v=snippet&q=hero%20nur%20ahmad%20jan%202500&f=false|title=Warlords and Muslims in Chinese Central Asia: a political history of Republican Sinkiang 1911-1949|author=Andrew D. W. Forbes|year=1986|publisher=CUP Archive|location=Cambridge, England|isbn=0-521-25514-7|page=303|accessdate=2010-06-28}}</ref>

It was reported by Ahmad Kamal in his book "Land Without Laughter" on page 130-131, that Nur Ahmad Jan's was beheaded by the Chinese Muslim troops and the head was used in a football game at the parade ground.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IAs9AAAAIAAJ&dq=warlords+and+muslims&q=nur+ahmad+jan%27s+head#v=snippet&q=nur%20ahmad%20jan's%20head&f=false|title=Warlords and Muslims in Chinese Central Asia: a political history of Republican Sinkiang 1911-1949|author=Andrew D. W. Forbes|year=1986|publisher=CUP Archive|location=Cambridge, England|isbn=0-521-25514-7|page=303|accessdate=2010-06-28}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://oxuscom.com/sovinxj.htm The Soviets in Xinjiang (1911-1949) by Mark Dickens]

[[Category:Uyghurs]]
[[Category:East Turkestan independence movement]]
[[Category:1934 deaths]]
[[Category:Young Kashgar Party politicians]]
[[Category:Republic of China politicians from Xinjiang]]
[[Category:People from Hotan]]
[[Category:Year of birth missing]]