Battle of Yarkand

Battle of Yarkand
	Part of the Kumul Rebellion
Date	April 1934
Location	Yarkand, Xinjiang
Result	Chinese Muslim 36th Division victory
Belligerents
Republic of China 36th Division;	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.

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[1] 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.

[2] 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.