Mahmut Muhiti
Mahmut Muhiti (; ; 1887–1944), nicknamed Shizhang (), was a Uyghur warrior from Xinjiang. He was a commander of the insurgents led by Khoja Niyaz during the Kumul Rebellion against the Xinjiang provincial authorities. After Hoya-Niyaz and Sheng Shicai, the newly appointed ruler of Xinjiang, formed peace, Muhiti was briefly appointed by Sheng a Military Commander of the Kashgar region in 1934, but was soon demoted and appointed commander of the 6th Division, composed of Turkic Muslims and named Deputy Military Commander of the Kashgar region. Muhiti opposed Sheng's close ties with the Soviet Union forming opposition to his regime in Kashgar. He organised the Islamic rebellion against Sheng in 1937 and fled to British India. Muhiti was afterwards active in the Japanese-occupied China, fruitlessly cooperating with Japan in order to enhance the cooperation between Japan and Muslims, dying in Beijing. Background Muhiti was born in 1887, to a wealthy family. Little is known about his personal life. He was a third son in the family of Turpan merchants. British consul K. C. Packman described him as "a wealthy but intriguing and unreliable ex-merchant from Turpan". Packman's successor Thomson-Glover said that Muhiti "was a simple and kindly man, and a