This man's grave. It reads "Patriotic Advanced Poet; Abduxalik Uyghur , son of Abduraxman Maxsum Haji ; 1901-1937" in Uighur script.
He mastered the Uyghur language as well as Shakespeare used English. As a child, he studied Chinese in a school and was exposed to traditional Chinese culture. Later he studied Persian as a classical cultural language and also Russian and Tatar as a representative of the new culture. He was also able to read and write Arabic because of his religious beliefs.
Abudhalik began his studies in a Madrasah at the age of eight. Later on he went to a Chinese school in Turpan and after learning Chinese studied various Chinese literary works, including those of Sun Yat Senator.
After 1923 he spent 3 years in the Soviet Union. Studying the works of Pushkin, Tolstoy, Gorky and other Russian literature.
He wrote the famous nationalist poem Oyghan, which opened with the line "Ey pekir Uyghur, oyghan!" (Hey poor Uyghur, wake up!).
He has learned many languages, is familiar with the history and culture of Inner Asia, and yearns for change, hoping that reason and wisdom will replace ignorance and closure. His blood is full of passion. His poems are full of power, and people sing his poems as popular songs in order to commemorate him.
He is generally described as a spiritually active man, full of inspiration. He was good at observing reality, extracting images from it and adding them to his poetry. In the end, he was a strong, brave man, as evidenced by his tragic death.
Physical Characteristics: He is very good-looking as a male. His face showed his profound knowledge.
