Margub Ishakov
Margub Timergalievich Ishakov (Tatar: Мәргуб Тимергали улы Исхаков; simplified Chinese: 马尔果甫 • 伊斯卡果夫; traditional Chinese: 馬爾果甫 • 伊斯卡果夫; pinyin: Mǎ’ěrguǒfǔ • Yīsīkǎguǒfū; 13 March 1923 – 1992) was a Chinese Tatar military officer who held several important commands in the armies of the Second East Turkestan Republic and the People's Republic of China.
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| Native name | Мәргуб Тимергали улы Исхаков |
| Born | 13 March 1923 Ghulja, Republic of China |
| Died | 1992 Almaty, Kazakhstan |
| Allegiance | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Second East Turkestan Republic  China |
| Service/ | People's Liberation Army |
| Rank | Shàojiàng |
| Commands held | Ili National Army Xinjiang Military District |
| Battles/wars | Ili Rebellion Chinese Civil War |
Biography
Ishakov was born to an ethnic Muslim Tatar family in the Chinese city of Ghulja in 1923. A communist, Ishakov was imprisoned for two years under the regime of Sheng Shicai, after which he joined the Ili Rebellion as a political commissar. In 1945, he was appointed Chief of Staff of the Ili National Army of the Second East Turkestan Republic. Following the Incorporation of Xinjiang into the People's Republic of China in 1949, Ishakov joined the Communist Party of China and accepted a commission in the People's Liberation Army (PLA). He was eventually appointed Chief of Staff of the Xinjiang Military District and in 1955 became the youngest general in the PLA.[1]
In 1956, the Sino-Soviet Split began, and during this period of political dispute many Tatars and ethnic Muslims in Xinjiang, including Ishakov, sided with the Soviet Union and were granted Soviet citizenship. However, Ishakov's relocation to the Soviet Union was handled legally and with few political consequences, resulting in his peaceful immigration to the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic in 1962.[2]