The Hotan government is the first government in the East Turkestan National Liberation Revolution

April 11 this year marks the 89th anniversary of the Hotan government, which was officially declared in Hotan on April 11, 1933.

In 1931, the first East Turkestan national independence revolution was unveiled in the Hamlet Mountains by an uprising led by Khojaniaz Haji and Sali Dorga, which spread throughout Uyghur territory. Under the influence of the Hamlet Revolution, protests and uprisings in Turfan, Kuchar, Kashgar, Aksu, and Hotan began in 1932. Among them, the Hotan uprising, led by Muhammad Imin Bugra, Sabit Damolla, Mehmet Niyaz Alam, has a special place.

The "National Revolutionary Committee," led by Muhammad Emin Bugra and Sabit Damullam, set out in Karakash on February 24, 1933, and marched on Hotan after liberating Karakash. After a long siege by Chinese military-administrators and soldiers, who had liberated the Hotan ambassador and entered the New City of Hotan, the Chinese officials finally surrendered peacefully and the city of Hotan was completely liberated. At that time, various counties in the whole of Hotan prefecture also revolted and were liberated, and the Hotan rebel forces liberated the old town of Yaken and the Qaqiqi, Poskam, along with the locals, and besieged the new city of Yaken. It was then that the administrative leadership center of the National Revolutionary Committee relocated from Karakash to Hotan on April 5, 1933, centering on the city of Hotan. On April 11, a grand ceremony was held at the ambassador's office to officially announce the establishment of the "Islamic State of Hotan," the Islamic State of Hotan, led by Muhammad Niyaz Alam. According to Mohammad Emin Bugra, the interim government formed in Karachay-Cherkessia did not change, and Mohammad Niyaz Alam was also called the "Prime Minister". Sabit Damulla Abdulbaqi oversaw religious, financial and other government affairs. 

Milik Muhammad Niyaz announced the decree of the world m. E. Bughra was given the titles of "Emir" and several of his two brothers, "Amir" (Commander). Muhammad Emin Bugra became the top military commander of the Hotan government. After the liberation of Yakan in June 1933, Sabit Damullam went to Kashgar with some troops to begin the establishment of the Islamic Republic of East Turkestan, and on November 12, the establishment of the Islamic Republic of East Turkestan was officially announced. Until then, the Hotan government was an independent government that ruled all of Hotan and Yaken. The government was also the first to be established among the local insurgents, and one of the historians, Dr. Nurahmet Kurban, a professor at Çanakkale University on March 18, and Mr. Muhammad Ali, a doctoral student at Ankara University, shared their views on the Hotan government and its role and significance.

Source : rfa