Battle of Yarkand
Battle of Yarkand | |||||||
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Part of the Kumul Rebellion | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
First East Turkestan Republic | |||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Ma Zhancang Ma Fuyuan | Abdullah Bughra † | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
Several hundred Chinese Muslim troops | Several hundred Turkic Muslim Uighur, Kirghiz and Afghan volunteers | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
light | heavy |
The Battle of Yarkhand (Chinese: 葉爾羌戰役) was a confrontation that took place in April 1934 at Yarkand, Xinjiang, China. Gen. Ma Zhancang's Chinese Muslim army defeated Uighur and Afghan volunteers sent by King Mohammed Zahir Shah, and killed them all. The emir Abdullah Bughra was killed and beheaded, his head being put on display at Idgah mosque.[1][2]
References[]
- ^ Andrew D. W. Forbes (1986). Warlords and Muslims in Chinese Central Asia: A Political History of Republican Sinkiang 1911-1949. Cambridge, England: CUP Archive. pp. 123, 134, 303 of 376. ISBN 0-521-25514-7. Retrieved 2010-06-28.
- ^ Christian Tyler (2004). Wild West China: The Taming of Xinjiang. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press. p. 280; 314. ISBN 0-8135-3533-6. Retrieved 2010-06-28.
Categories:
- Conflicts in 1934
- History of Xinjiang
- 1934 in China
- April 1934 events
- Chinese history stubs