Ella Maillart
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Ella Maillart was a Swiss adventurer, travel writer and photographer, as well as a sportswoman.
Ella Maillart, one of the great travelers of the 20th century
Ella Maillart in Iran 1939/40
Ella Maillart’s article for The Sphere, 1 October 1938, describes the arrival of Jewish refugees from Austria. Switzerland is portrayed as generous, the refugees as a burden. Article in the collection of the Jewish Museum of Switzerland.
Ma Hushan
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Ma Hushan was a Chinese Muslim warlord and the brother-in-law and follower of Ma Zhongying, a Dungan/Hui Ma Clique warlord. He ruled over an area of Southern Xinjiang, called Tunganistan by Westerners
Ella Maillart
…then also known as Sinkiang or Chinese Turkestan) where the Kumul Rebellion had just ended. Maillart and Fleming met the Hui Muslim forces of General Ma Hushan. Ella Maillart later recorded this trek in her book Forbidden Journey, while Peter Fleming's parallel account is found in his News from Tartary. In…
Hushan in 1937