Shérip Niyaz Xushtar, a historian who’s passed away at the age of 100. From Joshua L Freeman’s Twitter: “The eminent Uyghur historian Shérip Khushtar has passed away at the age of 100. He was a remarkable man who lived through many of the events he chronicled. I've learned so much from his work over the years, but what I will cherish most is the memory of meeting him in person. Around 2014, a friend and I were walking down the street in Urumchi when Shérip Khushtar walked by. My friend introduced me. For the next hour, Shérip Khushtar shared with us vivid memories of life in the Uyghur region six, seven, eight decades earlier. He had known many of the people I write about in my own work on the Republican era. Now, with his passing, we have lost one of our last links to that era in Uyghur history. But Shérip Khushtar left a rich legacy of books and articles we will be learning from for decades to come.”