Battle of Yarkand

Battle of Yarkand
	Part of the Kumul Rebellion
Date	April 1934
Location	Yarkand, Xinjiang
Result	Uyghur - Afghan victory Massacre of Chinese troops;
Belligerents
Republic of China New 36th Division;	First East Turkestan Republic; Kingdom of Afghanistan
Commanders and leaders
Ma Zhancang; Ma Fuyuan	Abdullah Bughra †; Nur Ahmadjan Bughra; King Zahir Shah
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 A well-armed force of Hui was dispatched to Yarkand, where they entered the new city and aided its defenders against the Khotan Uyghurs. When the city surrendered to the Uyghurs on May 26, the Hui cavalry and noncombatants were permitted to relocate but were then massacred at Kizil. At Yangi Hissar, another massacre of Hui by Uyghurs followed. ^[3]

References[edit]

^ Warlords and Muslims in Chinese Central Asia.
^ A Guide to Intra-state Wars.
^ Forbes, Andrew D. W. (9 October 1986). Warlords and Muslims in Chinese Central Asia. CUP Archive. pp. 122–123. ISBN 0-521-25514-7.

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^ A Guide to Intra-state Wars. SAGE Publications. 22 October 2015. p. 495. ISBN 9780872897755.

[1] Warlords and Muslims in Chinese Central Asia.

[2] A Guide to Intra-state Wars.

[3] Forbes, Andrew D. W. (9 October 1986). Warlords and Muslims in Chinese Central Asia. CUP Archive. pp. 122–123. ISBN 0-521-25514-7.

[4] A Guide to Intra-state Wars. SAGE Publications. 22 October 2015. p. 495. ISBN 9780872897755.

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