battle, interwar and Second World War

Battle of Kashgar

Name: Battle of Kashgar
Location: Kashgar, People's Republic of China

Battle of Kashgar was a battle fought in 1934 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: New 36th Division victory. Recorded strength: Several thousands Hui, Han Chinese, and Uyghur troops against Thousands of Turkic Muslim Uyghur and Kyrgyz fighters.

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Fought1934

WhereKashgar, People's Republic of China43.825N, 87.614E, placed at the location, approximate

OutcomeNew 36th Division victory

BelligerentsRepublic of China; New 36th DivisionagainstFirst East Turkestan Republic; Chinese Xinjiang Provincial Government

Part ofKumul Rebellion1931 to 1934

Where it sits in the Kumul Rebellion

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Record

Date	1934 (year precision) to 1934
Place	Kashgar, People's Republic of China 43.825N, 87.614E
Kind	Battle, interwar and Second World War
Strength	Several thousands Hui, Han Chinese, and Uyghur troops	Thousands of Turkic Muslim Uyghur and Kyrgyz fighters
Commanders	Ma Zhongying Ma Zhancang Ma Fuyuan Ma Hushan	Nur Ahmadjan Bughra Abdullah Bughra

Placed at Kashgar; the exact site is not recorded. with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Battle of Chakirmaut 1204, 585 km N
Battle of Brown's Ferry 1863, 995 km S
Battle of Barnaul 1918, 1098 km N
Saratoga campaign 1777, 1139 km W
Battle of Talas AD 751, 1254 km W

In the same war

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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 Q4871397, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Kashgar (1934), revision 1370444878, 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.