He was born 1878. His father was an itinerant dealer and during his youth he travelled with his father around
Bukhara. Although his early training was in
madrasa, he later on chose modern education. He was under the influence of
Jadid and Yaş Bukhara movement (modernists). He founded a school. In 1918 he was one of the leaders of Yaş Bukhara movement.
Bukhara Khanate was a
vassal state of the
Russian Empire. During
Russian Revolution Yaş Bukhara movement in which both the nationalists and the
Bolsheviks participated, tried to depose
Alim Khan. But they were not successful. Following a split in the movement they finally deposed Alim Khan in 1920. On 23 September 1921 Osman Kocaoğlu was elected as the president of the
Bukharan People's Soviet Republic. But his term was short. He was sent to eastern Bukhara and started to collaborate with the
Basmachi movement. The Bolsheviks became aware of his supporting the Basmachi movement and his term ended on 12 April 1922. He fled Bukhara and in
Afghanistan, on behalf of the Bukharan SSR, he signed an agreement with
Amanullah Khan and the Emirate of Afghanistan on a joint fight against Bolshevik Russia. In Afghanistan, he tried to buy weapons from various countries for the army of the Bukhara Republic and opponents of the Bolsheviks, and in particular contacted representatives of the
British Empire. After a while, he finally emigrated to Afghanistan, and became one of the leaders of emigrants and refugees from the former Emirate of Bukhara and the rest of Central Asia. He travelled to Turkey in 1923. ==Later life==