Alişev Ğabdullacan Ğäbdelbari ulı[a] (15 September 1908 – 25 August 1944), best known as Abdulla Aliş,[b] was a Soviet Tatar poet, playwright, writer and resistance fighter.

In addition to his writing, Aliş spent his early years working towards the construction and improvement of an electric power station in the town of Menzelinsk, on the shores of the Qaban Lakes.

From 1933 he worked as a professional journalist and executive secretary for the youth magazine Pioner kələme.

In 1941, Aliş joined the Red Army and fought in World War II.

It was here that he met resistance fighter and poet Musa Cälil; both later gained entrance into the Idel-Ural Legion.