battle, interwar and Second World War
Battle of Kashgar
Battle of Kashgar was a battle fought in 1933 at Kashgar, in what is now People's Republic of China. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Kashgar. It was part of the Kumul Rebellion, which ran from 1931 to 1934. The recorded result: Republic of China victory. Recorded strength: 500 Hui Chinese and Han Chinese troops against Thousands of Turkic Muslim Uighur and Kirghiz fighters.
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Where it sits in the Kumul Rebellion
Record
| Date | 1933 (year precision) | |
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| Place | Kashgar, People's Republic of China 24.000N, 121.000E | |
| Kind | Battle, interwar and Second World War | |
| Strength | 500 Hui Chinese and Han Chinese troops | Thousands of Turkic Muslim Uighur and Kirghiz fighters |
| Casualties and losses | 150+ Kirghiz Killed | |
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Nearest engagements
- Battle of O͘-gû-lân 1947, 6.6 km SW
- Battle of Tamsui 1884, 139 km N
- Siege of Fort Zeelandia 1661, 140 km SW
- Final Battle of San Salvador 1642, 146 km NE
- First Battle of San Salvador 1641, 146 km NE
In the same war
- After: Battle of Urumqi 1933
- All 8 engagements of Kumul Rebellion
Elsewhere in 1933
- defense of the Great Wall People's Republic of China
- Battle of the Hotel Nacional of Cuba Cuba
- First Battle of Nanawa Paraguay
- Fifth Encirclement Campaign against Jiangxi Soviet China
- Fourth Encirclement Campaign against Jiangxi Soviet China
Battle of Kashgar is one of 4,429 engagements of the 20th century in the atlas and one of 448 in present-day China.
Sources
Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q4871396, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Kashgar (1933), revision 1384328517, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.