Ma Hushan
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Ma Hu-shan (Xiao'erjing: ﻣَﺎ ﺧُﻮْ شً, traditional Chinese: 馬虎山; simplified Chinese: 马虎山; pinyin: Mǎ Hushān; 1910 – 1954) was a Hui (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, nicknamed Tunganistan (named after the Dungans) by Westerners, from 1934 to 1937.[2]
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Ma Hushan | |
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Native name | 馬虎山 |
Born | 1910 Gansu, Qing China |
Died | 1954 (aged 43–44) Lanzhou, Gansu, People's Republic of China |
Allegiance | Republic of China |
Years of service | 1929–54 |
Rank | General |
Unit | New 36th Division |
Commands held | Deputy Divisional Commander of the New 36th Division[1] then promoted to Chief of the New 36th Division |
Battles/wars | Soviet Invasion of Xinjiang Charkhlik Revolt Xinjiang War (1937) Kuomintang Islamic Insurgency in China (1950–1958) |
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He was sometimes known as the "King of Tunganistan".[3]