Battle of Yarkand

Battle of Yarkand
	Part of the Kumul Rebellion
Date	April 1934 (before the Battle of Yangi Hissar)
Location	Yarkand, Xinjiang
Result	Chinese victory
Belligerents
Republic of China	First East Turkestan Republic; Supported by: Kingdom of Afghanistan
Commanders and leaders
Ma Zhancang; Ma Fuyuan;	Abdullah Bughra †; Nur Ahmadjan Bughra; Mohammad Zahir Shah
Units involved
New 36th Division	Unknown
Strength
Several hundred Chinese Muslim troops	Several hundred Turkic Muslim Uighur, Kirghiz and Afghan volunteers
Casualties and losses
Unknown	Almost all force annihilated
	At least 1000 people died, but there is no information on how many on each side.

The Battle of Yarkand (Chinese: 葉爾羌戰役) consisted of a well-armed force of Hui Muslims, where they entered the new city and aided its defenders against the Khotan Uyghurs and Afghan volunteers sent by King Mohammad Zahir Shah.

Battle

With a decisive Chinese Victory in Yarkand with several thousand troops, that the New 36th Division were able to achieve any military success. Caught in the open, the troops of Abdullah Bughra Khotanlik were not able to combat the Hui Soldiers of the New 36th Division, and many were killed. Abdullah Bughra himself was cut down by Ma Zhancang, and it is noted that he was defended to the death by a bodyguard of Afghans.^[1] After Bughra’s defeat, his head was sent to Kashgar to be exhibited outside the Eidgah Mosque.^[1] Abdullah Bughra’s brother, Emir Nur Ahmad Jan Bughra, fled to Yingjisha County along with Uyghur and Kyrgyz rebel forces.

At least 1000 people died, but there is no information on how many on each side.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b Forbes, Andrew D. W. (9 October 1986). Warlords and Muslims in Chinese Central Asia: A Political History of Republican Sinkiang 1911–1949. CUP Archive. p. 123. ISBN 978-0-521-25514-1.
^ Dixon, Jeffrey S.; Sarkees, Meredith Reid (2016). A Guide to Intra-state Wars. ISBN 978-0-87289-775-5.

[:0-1] Forbes, Andrew D. W. (9 October 1986). Warlords and Muslims in Chinese Central Asia: A Political History of Republican Sinkiang 1911–1949. CUP Archive. p. 123. ISBN 978-0-521-25514-1.

[2] Dixon, Jeffrey S.; Sarkees, Meredith Reid (2016). A Guide to Intra-state Wars. ISBN 978-0-87289-775-5.

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