Khoja Niyaz

Khoja Niyaz خوجا نىياز
Khoja Niyaz in front of Kökbayraq
President of the Islamic Republic of East Turkestan
In office November 12, 1933 – April 16, 1934
Preceded by	Polity established
Succeeded by	Polity abolished
Personal details
Born	1889 Kumul, Xinjiang, Qing China
Died	August 21, 1941 Urumchi, Xinjiang, Republic of China
Nationality	Uyghur

Khoja Niyaz, also Khoja Niyaz Haji (Uyghur: خوجا نىياز ھاجى, romanized: Xoja Niyaz Haji; Chinese: 和加尼牙孜; pinyin: Héjiā Níyázī; 1889 – 21 August 1941), was a Uyghur independence movement leader who led several rebellions in Xinjiang against the Kumul Khanate, the Chinese governor Jin Shuren and later the Hui warlord Ma Zhongying. He is best remembered as the first and only president of the short-lived Islamic Republic of Eastern Turkestan from November 1933 until the republic's defeat in April 1934.