The Russians had planned to take the commanders of national fight by a raid during the festival prayer captive without war and so terminate this national fight case upsetting their proud and exhausting their endurance.Performance of festival prayer one day before by mistake caused miscarriage of execution of the plan; so Russians initiated the assault they imposed great importance and had been preparing for months. Russians taking the offensive against the mucahids everywhere else in Turkistan could not reach their aims either...
The fire took everywhere. Pasha proceeded together with Hüseyin Nafiz, Eş Murad, Kerim Bey and Müslümankul (Rayef) as well as soldiers. When a distance of five or six meters remained between the enemies at the opposite hill, Pasha unsheathed his sword. He attacked onto the Russians. Pasha, shouting charge to the soldiers, killed a few Russians. The war escalated... This strong advance surprised the enemy. The Russians soldiers using the machine gun raised their hands and shouted we surrender. However, reinforced machine guns of Russians beside, started immediate and heavy fire. A merciless bullet stroke into the heart of Pasha, running under fire. Pasha fell down from his horse shouting ALLAH!... Nobody could go to him because of intense fire. The Russians are not even aware of their murder.
The news of martyrdom separated everywhere very quickly. Devletmend Bey, warring against the second branch of Russians, lost his consciousness for a moment when he heard this black news. - What? Enver Pasha? Enver Pasha? Martyred? Alas! He unsheathed his sword saying There is no Enver Pasha now ha? He shouted at his soldiers Come on, time to take revenge!... Revenge!... It is now obligatory for us to take this revenge and entered the war, and fell martyr in ten minutes. The war slowed down. Russians, thinking of Turkish silence as a victory, silenced. We got very sad because the body of Enver Pasha, this great hero, was seized by Russians. We got overwhelmed by two disasters.
All of our suns of hope faded and we remained in darkness. The earth and sky are crying. The looser was not only a simple man, but also the hope, future, victory and history of millions of Turks. We lost our self-control, we are in a confused and exhausted condition.... What is going to happen? What are we going to do?
We began to decline to a dried stream to pass to Çegen Hill. We are declining, decline, now we are ascending... A Russian unit opened fire from nearby the stream, but could give no harm. Only the horse which carried Pasha a few minutes ago died with a bullet... We gathered at the village of Devletmend Bey near Çegen hill. The command of this sacred group left without a leader was vend in Danyal Bey for a temporary period. In the morning, an old village imam came. He said he saw the body of Enver Pasha in Deyeripayan. We considered this good news. We rushed... And saw that martyred Pasha, whom we thought that Russians took with them, lies down there. Russians, who do not know Pasha, had taken his clothes and boots and went away. We nearly washed the body of Pasha lying down with our tears. We covered his body with a flag and put sentries.
Commanders gathered immediately. The place of his grave and his funeral were determined. The news of his martyrdom separated quickly. Everybody hearing black news were coming to Çegen by crying. More than 25.000 people gathered in Çegen in a very short period of time. Many people, who did not believe in the black news, asked each other if what they saw was true. People, thousands of people...
The body was placed in a coffin... The tekbir voices of hafizs, mournings, cries of the people could be heard everywhere. His coffin wrapped with his dear flag which he wanted to see honorably waving in the sky, was carried by 30.000 people.
Pashas coffin and the coffin of Devletmend Bey, the commander of Belcivan, who could not stand the pain of his death and threw himself into the fire, are side by side... We are approaching the big walnut tree shadowing the spring. The pains deepen. This is where the fate of travelers lie...
The pain in our hearts increase as we approach, in an inexpressible manner... There are people who fall unconscious... We do not want to leave this commander we carry above our hands in the darkness of soil...
Their prayers are performed. The voice (ALLAHU EKBER) cries out the weakness of human, who is not able to reach the secret of existence, and the bitter silence of 30.000 people.
Many people fainted during the funeral performed by Imam Effendi... We saw Faruk Bey, one of them fall down suddenly.
Religious ceremony is over... The moment we are leaving Pasha forever... Coffins are slowly lowered to graves taking mortals to eternity. Every piece of soil burying them was an infinite sadness for Turkistan history.
The grave of Enver Pasha, whose body was buried in the soil and whose spirit was buried in hearts, became a sacred visiting place for Turkistan people. Koran was read around his tomb for days.
