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  • Battle of Yarkand
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  • The Battle of Yarkhand was a confrontation that took place in April 1934. Gen. Ma Zhancang's Chinese Muslim army defeated Uighur and Afghan volunteers sent by King Mohammed Zahir Shah, and exterminated them all. The emir Abdullah Bughra was killed and beheaded, his head being put on display at Idgah mosque.
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Strength
  • Several hundred Chinese Muslim troops
  • Several hundred Turkic Muslim Uighur, Kirghiz and Afghan volunteers
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Partof
  • the Xinjiang Wars
Date
  • April 1934
Commander
  • Abdullah Bughra
  • Ma Zhancang Ma Fuyuan
Casualties
  • light
  • All Uighurs, Kirghiz and Afghans wiped out
Result
  • Chinese Muslim victory
combatant
  • First East Turkestan Republic
  • Republic of China 36th Division (National Revolutionary Army)
Place
  • Yarkand, Xinjiang
Conflict
  • Battle of Yarkand
abstract
  • The Battle of Yarkhand was a confrontation that took place in April 1934. Gen. Ma Zhancang's Chinese Muslim army defeated Uighur and Afghan volunteers sent by King Mohammed Zahir Shah, and exterminated them all. The emir Abdullah Bughra was killed and beheaded, his head being put on display at Idgah mosque.
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