Kumul Rebellion
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The Kumul Rebellion was a rebellion from 1931 to 1934 of Kumulik Uyghurs who conspired with Hui Chinese Muslim General Ma Zhongying to overthrow Jin Shuren, the governor of Xinjiang Province. The Kumu
Turkic conscripts of the New 36th Division near Kumul
Pre-rebellion Hindu trading community near Yarkand, early 20th century
General Ma Zhongying, KMT 36th Division Chief. He is wearing a Kuomintang armband like many of his troops did.
Hui rifleman of the New 36th Division during training
The Turkic Islamic Republic of East Turkestan was a breakaway state centered on the city of Kashgar, located in the far west of China's Xinjiang Province. It is often described as the First East Turke
Kumul Rebellion
…The Khotanlik Uyghurs and Kyrgyz formed an independent regime, the Turkic Islamic Republic of East Turkestan (TIRET), also known as the First East Turkestan Republic. On 20 February 1933, the Committee for National Revolution set up a provisional government…
Uyghur rebels in the 1930s
Khoja Niyaz served as the president of the short-lived republic
General Ma Hushan (1910–1954), Commander of 36th KMT Division (1934–1937)