Kázím Abdulakim
{{Short description|Romanian Crimean Tatar soldier}}
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|name = Kázím Abdulakim
|native_name = Kiazim Abdulakim
Kiazim Abdulachim
Chiazim Abdulachim
|birth_date=
|death_date= 1917
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|death_place=Battle of Mărășești, Romania
|allegiance=Romanian Army
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|rank= Second Lieutenant
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|battles=Battle of Mărășești
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|relations=Selim Abdulakim (brother)
Șefika Niyaziy, also known as Sapiye (sister)
Memet Niyaziy (brother-in-law)
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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.{{sfn|Agi-Amet|1999}}{{sfn|Scurtu|2011}}
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.{{sfn|Agi-Amet|1999}} Kázím's sister Șefika, also known as Sapiye, was the wife of the beloved Crimean Tatar poet Memet Niyaziy.{{sfn|Agi-Amet|1999}}{{sfn|Romania Libera|2007}}
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,{{sfn|Scurtu|2013|p=214}} and a street in downtown Constanța{{sfn|Strazi}}{{sfn|Google Maps}} was named in Kázím's honor.
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- {{cite book|last1=Agi-Amet|first1=Gemal|title=Dicţionarul personalităţilor turco-tătare din România| date=1999|publisher=Metafora|location=Constanta| language=Romanian|isbn=9789739340274}}
- {{cite journal|last1=Scurtu|first1=Costin|title=Comunitatea turco-tãtarã din Dobrogea în armatã|journal=Tara Barsei|date=2011|volume=2011|issue=10|page=95|language=Romanian|url=http://tara-barsei.ro/tara-barsei-serie-noua-numarul-10-2011/|accessdate=1 September 2011}}
- {{cite news|last1=Romania Libera|title=Tragedia tatarilor crimeeni si a sprijinitorilor lor din Romania|url=http://www.romanialibera.ro/aldine/history/tragedia-tatarilor-crimeeni-si-a---sprijinitorilor-lor-din-romania-90603|accessdate=1 September 2007|agency=Romania Libera|publisher=Romania Libera|date=24 March 2007|language=Romanian}}
- {{cite journal|last1=Scurtu|first1=Costin|title=Contribuţii la păstrarea tradiţiilor musulmane dobrogene în armata română|journal=Lucrările Simpozionului internațional: Moştenirea culturală turcă în Dobrogea, Muzeul de Istorie Națională şi Arheologie, Constanța by Tasin Gemil, Gabriel Custurea, Delia Roxana Cornea|date=24 September 2013|volume=1|issue=1|language=Romanian}}
- {{cite web|title=Street Slt. Kiazim Abduachim|url=https://www.google.ro/maps/place/Strada+Kiazim+Abdulachim,+Constan%C8%9Ba/@44.1826153,28.6442459,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x40bae535efe5eb33:0x7d107798921100fe|publisher=Google Maps|accessdate=1 September 2014 |ref={{sfnref|Google Maps}}}}
- {{cite web|last1=Strazi si bulevarde din Romania|title=Strada Kizim Abdulachim (Sublocotenent)|url=http://bulevarde.ro/constanta/strada-kiazim-abdulachim|publisher=Strazi si bulevarde din Romania|accessdate=1 September 2014 |ref={{sfnref|Strazi}}}}
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External links
- {{cite journal|last1=Petrescu|first1=Marius|title=Tatari, si totusi frati|journal=Formula AS|date=1999|volume=1999|issue=383|url=http://www.formula-as.ro/1999/383/societate-37/societate-909-print|language=Romanian|accessdate=1 September 2014|ref=Formula AS}}
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Category:Crimean Tatar officers
Category:Romanian Land Forces officers
Category:Romanian military personnel killed in World War I
Category:Romanian people of Crimean Tatar descent
Category:People from Constanța