Elihan Tore Saghuni

On 11 November 1944, they launched the Ili Rebellion with the support of the Soviet Union.

• Name — Elihan Tore • Office — President of the East Turkestan Republic • Term Start — 12 November 1944 • Term End — 16 June 1946 • Predecessor — Republic established • Successor — Hakimbek Khoja (who was the Vice President) and later by Ehmetjan Qasim (as President of the Ili District Council) • Birth Name — Elihan Tore • Born — 21 March 1884 • Birthplace — Tokmok, Russian Turkestan, Russian Empire (modern day Kyrgyzstan) • Died — 28 February 1976 (age 91) • Place of death — Tashkent, Uzbek SSR, Soviet Union (modern day Uzbekistan) • Occupation — Politician, poet, scholar • Allegiance — Second East Turkestan Republic • Branch — East Turkestan National Army • Battles — Ili Rebellion (1944–1946) • Rank — Marshal

Elihan was elected as president of the Second East Turkestan Republic (ETR) the day after a successful rebellion in Ghulja on 12 November 1944. He held the military rank of marshal in the East Turkestan National Army, formed on 8 April 1945. Elihan was the only person in the ETR leadership who opposed Joseph Stalin's order to terminate hostilities with the Chinese Nationalists and start negotiations in October 1945. On 16 June 1946, six days after signing a peace agreement between the ETR and Chinese Nationalists, Elihan was forcibly returned to the Soviet Union by the KGB and confined there. He spent the rest of his life under house arrest in Tashkent, where he wrote a book about Xinjiang titled Türkistan kaygısı ("The Tragedy of Turkistan").

• Türkistan kaygısı, Tashkent, Uzbekistan, East Publishing House, 2003 • Tarihiy Muhammadiy, Tashkent, Uzbekistan, Publisher: Kutlukkhan Shakirov • Drifter Saghuniy

The authorities additionally record the headings Alixon Tora, Alihon Tora, Elihan Tore and Alihon Tora Soghuni. His recorded languages were Uyghur, Chagatai and Uzbek. His recorded confession was Islam.