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]
| Battle of Yarkand | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Part of the Kumul Rebellion | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Kingdom of Afghanistan | |||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
 Ma Zhancang Ma Fuyuan |
King Zahir Shah | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| Several hundred Chinese Muslim troops | Several hundred Turkic Muslim Uighur, Kirghiz and Afghan volunteers | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| light | heavy | ||||||
References edit
- ^ 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.
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