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| Islamic rebellion in Xinjiang (1937) | |||||||||
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| Part of the Xinjiang Wars | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
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Muslim Turkic rebels |
 Xinjiang clique Soviet Union | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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Kichik Akhund Abdul Niyaz † |
Sheng Shicai Ma Sheng-kuei Joseph Stalin | ||||||||
| Units involved | |||||||||
 Red Army White Army Xinjiang Army | |||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
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~10,000 Chinese Muslim cavalry and infantry 1,500 Turkic rebels |
5,000 Soviet Red Army troops Several thousand White Russian soldiers and provincial Chinese troops | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| ~2,000 casualties |
Provincial government: ~500 Soviet and White Russian forces: ~300 | ||||||||
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In 1937 an Islamic rebellion began in southern Xinjiang. The rebels were 1,500 Uighur Muslims commanded by Kichik Akhund, who was tacitly aided by the New 36th Division, against the pro-Soviet provincial forces of the puppet Sheng Shicai.[1][2]
- ^ "Moslems in Chinese Turkestan in Revolt Against Pro-Soviet Provincial Authorities". The New York Times. 26 June 1937.
- ^ Forbes, Andrew D. W. (1986). Warlords and Muslims in Chinese Central Asia. Cambridge, England: CUP Archive. ISBN 978-0-521-25514-1.