Masud Sabri

Masud Sabri
Governor of Xinjiang
In office 21 May 1947 – 31 December 1948
Preceded by	Zhang Zhizhong
Succeeded by	Burhan Shahidi
Personal details
Born	1886 Ili, Xinjiang, Qing China
Died	1952 Xinjiang, People's Republic of China
Political party	CC Clique of the Kuomintang
Alma mater	University of Istanbul
Military service
Allegiance	Republic of China

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.