1911 Revolution in Xinjiang

1911 Revolution in Xinjiang
Part of the 1911 Revolution
Date1911-1912
Location
Xinjiang
Result Revolutionary victory
Belligerents
 Qing dynasty Gelaohui[1] and Ili Revolutionaires
Commanders and leaders
Qing dynasty Yuan Dahua
Qing dynasty Zhirui †[2]
Qing dynasty Guangfu
Qing dynasty Wang Peilan		 Yang Zuanxu
Strength
Several thousand Provincial Chinese troops
Manchu bannermen		 Gelaohui rebels and Ili Revolutionaries, made out of Han Chinese, Hui Muslims, and Uyghurs[3]

The 1911 Revolution spread from China proper to Xinjiang, where fighting occurred between Qing loyalists and the Anti-Qing Revolutionary Party (反清革命党人). Fighting took place mainly in Yili.[4]

  1. ^ Andrew D. W. Forbes (9 October 1986). Warlords and Muslims in Chinese Central Asia: A Political History of Republican Sinkiang 1911–1949. CUP Archive. pp. 17–. ISBN 978-0-521-25514-1.
  2. ^ Esherick, Joseph W.; Wei, C.X. George, eds. (2013). China: How the Empire Fell. Routledge. ISBN 978-1134612222. Retrieved 2014-06-28.
  3. ^ James A. Millward (2007). Eurasian crossroads: a history of Xinjiang. Columbia University Press. p. 167. ISBN 978-0-231-13924-3. Retrieved 2010-06-28.
  4. ^ A Brief History of Uyghur Nationality. Institute of Ethnic Studies of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1963. pp. 76–.