Islamic rebellion in Xinjiang (1937)
| Islamic rebellion in Xinjiang (1937) | |||||||||
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| Part of the Xinjiang Wars | |||||||||
Abdul Niyaz with his soldiers in Kashgar | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
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Muslim Turkic rebels |
Xinjiang clique Soviet Union | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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Chiang Kai-shek Kichik Akhund Abdul Niyaz † |
Sheng Shicai Ma Sheng-kuei Joseph Stalin | ||||||||
| Units involved | |||||||||
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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 | ||||||||
In 1937, 1,500 Uyghur Muslim rebels under the command of Kichik Akhund rebelled in southern Xinjiang against the pro-Soviet forces of Sheng Shicai. The rebels were tacitly aided by the New 36th Division of the Chinese National Revolutionary Army.