Zuo Zongtang, sometimes referred to as General Tso, was a Chinese statesman and army officer of the late Qing dynasty.
Photograph of Zuo Zongtang, late 19th century
Former Residence of Zuo Zongtang in Xiangyin County, Hunan.
Tomb of Zuo Zongtang in Yuhua District, Changsha, Hunan.
The Qing dynasty reconquered Xinjiang after the Dungan Revolt in the late 19th century. After a century of Qing rule, the Uzbek adventurer Yakub Beg conquered almost all of Xinjiang during the revolt,
Ruins in Tacheng in the 1870s