Ma Hushan | |
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 Hushan in 1937 | |
| Native name | 馬虎山 |
| Born | 1910 Gansu, Qing China |
| Died | 1954 (aged 43–44) Lanzhou, Gansu, People's Republic of China |
| Allegiance |  Republic of China |
| Years of service | 1929–54 |
| Rank | General |
| Unit | New 36th Division |
| Commands | Deputy Divisional Commander of the New 36th Division[1] then promoted to Chief of the New 36th Division |
| Battles / wars | Soviet Invasion of Xinjiang Charkhlik Revolt Xinjiang War (1937) Kuomintang Islamic Insurgency in China (1950–1958) |
Ma Hushan (Xiao'erjing: ﻣَﺎ ﺧُﻮْ شً, traditional Chinese: 馬虎山; simplified Chinese: 马虎山; pinyin: Mǎ Hŭshān; 1910 – 1954) was a Hui (Chinese Muslim) warlord and the brother-in-law and follower of Ma Zhongying, a Dungan/Hui Ma Clique warlord. He ruled over an area of Southern Xinjiang, nicknamed Tunganistan (named after the Dungans) by Westerners, from 1934 to 1937.[2]
He was sometimes known as the "King of Tunganistan".[3]
- ^ M. Rafiq Khan (1963). Islam in China. Delhi: National Academy. p. 63.
- ^ Forbes, Andrew D. W. (1986). Warlords and Muslims in Chinese Central Asia. Cambridge, England: CUP Archive. ISBN 978-0-521-25514-1.
- ^ Andrew D. W. Forbes: Warlords and Muslims in Chinese Central Asia: A Political History of Republican Sinkiang 1911–1949, Cambridge (England) 1986, p. 128.