Battle of Yarkand
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Part of the Kumul Rebellion | |||||||
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Units involved | |||||||
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Strength | |||||||
Several hundred Chinese Muslim troops | Several hundred Turkic Muslim Uighur, Kirghiz and Afghan volunteers | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
Very light | Heavy |
The Battle of Yarkand (Chinese: 葉爾羌戰役) consisted of a well-armed force of Hui was dispatched to Yarkand, where they entered the new city and aided its defenders against the Khotan Uyghurs. When the city surrendered to the Uyghurs on May 26, the Hui cavalry and noncombatants were permitted to relocate but were then massacred at Kizil. At Yangi Hissar, another massacre of Hui by Uyghurs followed. [3]
References
- ^ Forbes, Andrew D. W. (9 October 1986). Warlords and Muslims in Chinese Central Asia. CUP Archive. ISBN 978-0-521-25514-1.
- ^ Dixon, Jeffrey S.; Sarkees, Meredith Reid (22 October 2015). A Guide to Intra-state Wars. ISBN 978-0-87289-775-5.
- ^ Forbes, Andrew D. W. (9 October 1986). Warlords and Muslims in Chinese Central Asia. CUP Archive. pp. 122–123. ISBN 0-521-25514-7.
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- ^ A Guide to Intra-state Wars. SAGE Publications. 22 October 2015. p. 495. ISBN 9780872897755.