Everyone’s favorite Kazakh bandit, Osman Batur, is the subject of an article written by Justin Jacobs in the American Historical Review. Good work Justin!

Citation: Jacobs, Justin. “The Many Deaths of a Kazak Unaligned: Osman Batur, Chinese Decolonization, and the Nationalization of a Nomad.” American Historical Review 115, no. 5 (December 2010): 1291-1314.
See also:
- Bandit Suppression in Xinjiang.
- Unlikely Immigrants: Xinjiang White Russians in the United States
- Douglas Mackiernan, Osman Batur, and the ‘Kazakh Exodus’
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