The Battle of Khotan (Chinese: 和田战斗) was a battle that occurred during the Xinjiang Wars. In July 1934, General Ma Zhongying and Ma Hushan led the New 36th Division in an attack on Uyghur forces at Khotan, the last remaining city of the entire Uyghur and Kyrgyz force.
| Battle of Khotan | |||||||||
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| Part of the Kumul Rebellion | |||||||||
 Muhammad Amin Bughra army in Khotan in 1930's | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
 First East Turkestan Republic | |||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
 Ma Zhongying Ma Hushan |
Muhammad Amin Bughra  | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
| Several Thousand Chinese Muslim troops | Unknow numbers of Turkic Muslim Uighur and Kirghiz fighters, around in 3,000+ | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| unknown | Heavy casualties | ||||||||
The last gasp of the First East Turkestan Republic would be found in Khotan, with the First East Turkestan Republic leader Muhammad Amin Bughra having to having to flee to India.[1][2]
References
edit- ^ Forbes, Andrew D. W. (9 October 1986). Warlords and Muslims in Chinese Central Asia: A Political History of Republican Sinkiang 1911-194 CUP Archive. p. 125. ISBN 978-0-521-25514-1.
- ^ Forbes, Andrew D. W. (9 October 1986). Warlords and Muslims in Chinese Central Asia: A Political History of Republican Sinkiang 1911-1949. CUP Archive. ISBN 978-0-521-25514-1.