Ma Hushan

Ma Hushan
Hushan in 1937
Native name
馬虎山
Born1910
Gansu, Qing China
Died1954 (aged 43–44)
Lanzhou, Gansu, People's Republic of China
Allegiance Republic of China
Years of service1929–54
RankGeneral
UnitNew 36th Division
CommandsDeputy Divisional Commander of the New 36th Division then promoted to Chief of the New 36th Division
Battles / warsSoviet Invasion of Xinjiang
Charkhlik Revolt
Xinjiang War (1937)
Kuomintang Islamic Insurgency in China (1950–1958)

Ma Hushan (Xiao'erjing: ﻣَﺎ ﺧُﻮْ شً, traditional Chinese: 馬虎山; simplified Chinese: 马虎山; pinyin: Mǎ Hǔshān; 1910 – 1954) was a Chinese Muslim warlord and the brother-in-law and follower of Ma Zhongying, a Dungan/Hui Ma Clique warlord. He ruled over an area of Southern Xinjiang, called Tunganistan by Westerners (as the Hui were then known as 'Tunganis'), from 1934 to 1937. Locals sometimes referred to him as padishah (lit.'king').