Ma Rulong (Qing general)

Ma Rulong
Nickname(s)Marshal Ma
BornYunnan
AllegianceFlag of the Qing dynasty Qing dynasty
Years of service1856–his death
Rankgeneral
Battles/warsPanthay Rebellion
Ma Rulong
Traditional Chinese馬如龍
Simplified Chinese马如龙
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinMǎ Rúlóng
Wade–GilesMa Ju-lung
other Mandarin
Xiao'erjingﻣَﺎ ژُﻮْ ﻟْﻮ

Ma Rulong (Ma Ju-lung in Wade Giles) was a Chinese Muslim who originally rebelled against the Qing dynasty along with Du Wenxiu in the Panthay Rebellion. He later defected to the Qing side.[1] After officially surrendering in 1862 his forces effectively occupied the capital of Yunnan.[2] He then helped the Qing forces crush his fellow Muslim rebels, and defeated them.[3][4][5] He was known by the name of Marshal Ma to Europeans and achieved almost total control in Yunnan province.[6] He was the most powerful military official in the province after the war.[7]

Du Wenxiu was fought against by the defector to the Qing Ma Rulong.[8]

General Ma Yu-kun, who fought against Japanese forces in the First Sino-Japanese War and against foreigners in the Boxer Rebellion was believed to be Ma Rulong's son by Europeans.[4]

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  8. ^ John King Fairbank (1978). The Cambridge History of China: Late Chʻing, 1800-1911, pt. 2. Cambridge University Press. pp. 213–. ISBN 978-0-521-22029-3.