Baymirza Hayit

Baymirza Hayit (* December 17, 1917 Yargorgan, Uzbekistan, † 31 October 2006 in Cologne ) was an Uzbek historians and Orientalists. His specialties were the history of Turkestan and Central Asia.

Biography

Hayit was born in a village called Yargorgan in the province of Namangan. With eight siblings, he grew up with his parents Rabiya Hayit and Mirza Mahmutmirzaoğlu.

Even as an adolescent he became interested in literature and the humanities. Despite the hardships of the 1930s he graduated in 1939 at the University of Tashkent. In the same year he was appointed as a lieutenant in the Red Army. Hayit left the province of Namangan in December 1939 and was stationed as commander of a tank unit in Poland. He fought in the Second World War for the Red Army until 1941 he fell into German captivity. After that, he fought as an officer in the Wehrmacht in the Turkestan Legion. During this time he also met Mustafa Chokaew know that went down as a legendary rebel for an autonomous Turkestan in the story.

After the war Hayit settled in West Germany and enrolled in 1947 at the University of Münster. He studied historical sciences, Oriental and Islamic Studies, devoted to the study of his home and his doctorate in 1950 with his work " The national governments of Kokand and the Alash Orda. " In the same year he also married a Cologne woman doctor with whom he had two sons ( Ertay and Mirza ) and a daughter ( Dilbar ) got.

In the following years Hayit published numerous articles and books on fifteen recognized German, English and Turkish on the history of Turkestan ( the now independent republics of Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and the belonging to China Xinjiang Province ).

His most important works include Turkestan in XX. Century, Soviet Russian Orient policy: the case of Turkestan, the economic problems of Turkestan Turkestan between Russia and China and Basmachi: National Turkestan struggle in the years 1917 until 1934.

Hayit taught at various universities. He worked as an assistant at the University of London and has taught at Harvard University ( Cambridge / Mass. ), Hacettepe University Ankara, Istanbul University and Marmara University in Istanbul.

Hayit was a great advocate of the creation and independence of Central Asian countries that were under Soviet or Chinese upper hand. His works have therefore been spurned in the Soviet Union. Even in today's Uzbekistan, they were controversial. In other parts of the world, his works were less appreciated due to their high political and historical significance. Hayit was one of the few historians who in its entirety made ​​the room Turkestan research topic. Especially in the Turkish-speaking world, he enjoyed great prestige. In 2004, he was honored by the Istanbul Technical University, for his life's work with the honorary doctorate.

Baymirza Hayit died on 31 October 2006 at the age of 88 years in Cologne.

Bibliography

• The National Governments of Kokand and the Alash Orda. Dissertation, University of Münster, Munich, 1950.
• Soviet Russian East policy: the case Turkestan. Kiepenheuer & Petrovich, Cologne / Berlin 1962, DNB 451,879,988th
• Documents: Soviet Russias anti-Islam policy in Turkestan. 2 volumes, Gerhard von Mende, Dusseldorf 1958.
• Turkestan in the XX century. Leske, Darmstadt 1956.
• Soviet Russian colonialism and imperialism in Turkestan as an example of colonialism newer style against an Islamic nation in Asia. Anthropological Publications, 1965, DNB 451,879,961th
• Turkestan Between Russia And China. Philo Press, Amsterdam 1971, ISBN 90-6022-347-0.
• Turkestan. In the heart of Euro Asia. Study Publishing, 1980, ISBN 3-922145-50-7.
• Some thoughts on the problem- of Turkestan. Institute of Turkestan Research, 1984, OCLC 49000973
• Islam and Turkestan Under Russian Rule. Can Matbaa, Istanbul 1987, OCLC 18,760,122th
• Turkestan as a historical factor and political idea. Festschrift for Baymirza Hayit on his 70th birthday 17 December, 1987. ISBN 3-89210-130-2.
• Basmachi: National Turkestan struggle in the years 1917-1934 Dreisamstadion, Cologne 1993, ISBN 3-89452-373-5, ISBN 3-89607-080-0. .
• Yeni Cag Turkestan tarihi kayna clear. Turan Kültür Vakf, 2000, ISBN 975-7893-28-5.
• Reports and research on Turkestan. Dreisamstadion, Cologne 1997, ISBN 3-89607-475- X.

Article

• The Communist Party of Turkestan. In: Central Asian Review. London 1957.
• Turkestan as in Example of Soviet Colonialism. In: Studies on the Soviet Union. 1961, pp. 78-95.
• Sowjetrußischer colonialism and imperialism in Turkestan. Oosterhout. In 1962.
• Turkistanda Emir haqqinda yeni fikir carayanlari. In: Milli Turkistan. No. 126, 1969 [ notes 1]
• Islam and anti- Muslim movement in the Soviet Union. In: Eastern Europe. Volume 22, Issue 2, 1972, pp. 114-118.
• Turkistan: A case for national independence. In: Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs. Volume 1, 1979, pp. 38-50.
• Western Turkestan: The Russian dilemma. In: Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs. 6, No. I, 1985, p 137-51.
• Turkestan as a historical factor and political idea. Study Verlag, Innsbruck 1988.