Ma Zhongying, also Ma Chung-ying, nickname Commander Ga, was a Chinese Muslim warlord during the Warlord era of China. His birth name was Ma Buying. Ma was a warlord of Gansu Province in China during
Ma Zhongying as pictured in The Most Recent Biographies of Chinese Dignitaries
Gen. Ma Zhongying, KMT 36th Division Chief. He is wearing a Kuomintang armband like many of his troops did.
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
Ma Zhongying
…Hedin on Ma Zhongying Yulbars Khan asked for Ma Zhongying's help in overthrowing Gov. Jin Shuren after Jin abolished the Kumul Khanate and set off the Kumul Rebellion. Ma fought in Xinjiang for a while, was wounded and returned to Gansu where he forced Mildred Cable, Francesca and Eva French to tend to his wounds…
Turkic conscripts of the New 36th Division near Kumul
Pre-rebellion Hindu trading community near Yarkand, early 20th century
Hui rifleman of the New 36th Division during training