Battle of Yarkand

Battle of Yarkand
	Part of the Kumul Rebellion
Date	April 1934
Location	Yarkand, Xinjiang
Result	Uyghur - Afghan victory Massacre of Chinese forces; City of Yarkand surrendered to the rebels;
Belligerents
Republic of China New 36th Division;	First East Turkestan Republic Kingdom of Afghanistan
Commanders and leaders
Ma Zhancang; Ma Fuyuan	Abdullah Bughra † King Zahir Shah
Strength
Several hundred Chinese Muslim troops	Several hundred Turkic Muslim Uighur, Kirghiz and Afghan volunteers
Casualties and losses
heavy	heavy

The Battle of Yarkhand (Chinese: 葉爾羌戰役) was a confrontation that took place in April 1934 at Yarkand, Xinjiang,They Uyghurs were able to take control of Yarkand and subsequently carried out massacres against the Hui people, indicating a victory.^[1]

References[edit]

^ Warlords and Muslims in Chinese Central Asia. 9 October 1986. p. 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.

[1] Warlords and Muslims in Chinese Central Asia. 9 October 1986. p. 123. ISBN 0-521-25514-7.

[2] A Guide to Intra-state Wars. SAGE Publications. 22 October 2015. p. 495. ISBN 9780872897755.

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