The Battle of Sekes Tash (Chinese: 賽克孜塔什戰役) of 1933 was a minor battle in which New 36th Division troops under General Ma Zhancang attacked and defeated Uighur and Kirghiz armies at Sekes Tesh.[1]
Battle of Sekes Tash | |||||||
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Part of the Kumul Rebellion | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
First East Turkestan Republic | |||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Ma Zhancang |
Nur Ahmad Jan Bughra Abdullah Bughra Osman Ali (Kirghiz) | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
Several hundred Chinese muslim troops | Several hundred Turkic muslim Uighur and Kirghiz fighters | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
light | 200 |
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. p. 95. ISBN 0-521-25514-7. Retrieved 2010-06-28.