Hasan Mahsum
Hasan Mahsum | |
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| Emir of the Turkistan Islamic Party | |
| In office September 1997 – 2 October 2003 | |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Abdul Haq al-Turkistani |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1964 Shule County, Kashgar, Xinjiang, China |
| Died | October 2, 2003 (aged 38–39) South Waziristan, Pakistan |
| Occupation | Militant/religious leader |
| Hasan Mahsum | |||||||
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| Chinese name | |||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 艾山·買合蘇木 | ||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 艾山·买合苏木 | ||||||
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| Uyghur name | |||||||
| Uyghur | ھەسەن مەخسۇم Hesen Mexsum | ||||||
Hasan Mahsum (or Hassan Makhdum), also known as Abu Muhammad al-Turkistani and Ashan Sumut, was an Uyghur militant who was the leader of the Turkistan Islamic Party, an Islamic extremist group suspected of having ties with Al Qaeda. He was shot dead in a counter-terrorism operation on October 2, 2003 by the Pakistani Army.