Kázím Abdulakim

Kázím Abdulakim
Native name	Kiazim Abdulakim Kiazim Abdulachim Chiazim Abdulachim
Died	1917 Battle of Mărășești, Romania
Allegiance	Romanian Army
Rank	Second Lieutenant
Battles / wars	Battle of Mărășești
Relations	Selim Abdulakim (brother) Șefika Niyaziy, also known as Sapiye (sister) Memet Niyaziy (brother-in-law)

Kázím Abdulakim (also transliterated in Romanian as: Kiazim Abdulachim, Kiazim Abdulakim or Chiazim Abdulachim) was a Crimean Tatar hero of the Romanian Army who lost his life in the summer of 1917 during the Battle of Mărășești during World War I.^[1][2]

Second Lieutenant Kázím Abdulakim was the brother of lawyer Selim Abdulakim who, between the two wars, became a leading politician of the Crimean Tatars in Romania, Deputy Mayor of Constanța and a Member of the Romanian Parliament.^[1] Kázím's sister Șefika, also known as Sapiye, was the wife of the beloved Crimean Tatar poet Memet Niyaziy.^[1][3]

As recognition of his extreme devotion to duty and his ultimate sacrifice, in Dobruja the Second Lieutenant Kázím Abdulakim Cultural and Sports Association was founded,^[4] and a street in downtown Constanța^[5][6] was named in Kázím's honor.

See also

• Selim Abdulakim
• Memet Niyaziy
• Refiyîk Kadír

Citations

1. Agi-Amet 1999.
2. Scurtu 2011.
3. Romania Libera 2007.
4. Scurtu 2013, p. 214.
5. Strazi.
6. Google Maps.

Sources

• Agi-Amet, Gemal (1999). Dicţionarul personalităţilor turco-tătare din România (in Romanian). Constanta: Metafora. ISBN 9789739340274.
• Scurtu, Costin (2011). "Comunitatea turco-tãtarã din Dobrogea în armatã". Tara Barsei (in Romanian). 2011 (10): 95. Retrieved 1 September 2011.
• Romania Libera (24 March 2007). "Tragedia tatarilor crimeeni si a sprijinitorilor lor din Romania" (in Romanian). Romania Libera. Romania Libera. Retrieved 1 September 2007.
• Scurtu, Costin (24 September 2013). "Contribuţii la păstrarea tradiţiilor musulmane dobrogene în armata română". Lucrările Simpozionului internațional: Moştenirea culturală turcă în Dobrogea, Muzeul de Istorie Națională şi Arheologie, Constanța by Tasin Gemil, Gabriel Custurea, Delia Roxana Cornea (in Romanian). 1 (1).
• "Street Slt. Kiazim Abduachim". Google Maps. Retrieved 1 September 2014.
• Strazi si bulevarde din Romania. "Strada Kizim Abdulachim (Sublocotenent)". Strazi si bulevarde din Romania. Retrieved 1 September 2014.

External links

• Petrescu, Marius (1999). "Tatari, si totusi frati". Formula AS (in Romanian). 1999 (383). Retrieved 1 September 2014.