Zeki Velidi Togan

Zeki Velidi Togan
Әхмәтзәки Вәлиди Туған
BornƏxmətzəki Wəlidi
(1890-12-10)December 10, 1890
DiedJuly 26, 1970(1970-07-26) (aged 79)
NationalityBashkir
CitizenshipRussian Empire, USSR,
Turkey (later)
OccupationHistorian
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Zeki Velidi Togan (Bashkir: Әхмәтзәки Әхмәтшаһ улы Вәлиди, romanized: Äxmätzäki Äxmätşah ulı Välidi, Russian: Ахмет-Заки Ахметшахович Валидов, romanized: Akhmet-Zaki Akhmetshakhovich Validov, Turkish: Ahmet Zeki Velidi Togan; 1890 – 1970 in Istanbul), was a Turkish-Bashkir historian, Turkologist, and leader of the Bashkir revolutionary and liberation movement, doctor of philosophy (1935), professor, honorary doctor of the University of Manchester (1967).