Battle of Yarkand

Battle of Yarkand
	Part of the Kumul Rebellion
Date	April 1934 (before the Battle of Yangi Hissar)
Location	Yarkand, Xinjiang
Result	Uyghur-Afghan victory Massacre of Chinese troops;
Belligerents
Republic of China	First East Turkestan Republic; Kingdom of Afghanistan
Commanders and leaders
Ma Zhancang; Ma Fuyuan	Abdullah Bughra †; Nur Ahmadjan Bughra; King Zahir Shah
Units involved
New 36th Division	Unknown
Strength
Several hundred Chinese Muslim troops	Several hundred Turkic Muslim Uighur, Kirghiz and Afghan volunteers
Casualties and losses
Heavy	Heavy
	At least 1000 people died, but there is no information on how many on each side.

The Battle of Yarkand (Chinese: 葉爾羌戰役) consisted of a well-armed force of Hui Muslims, where they entered the new city and aided its defenders against the Khotan Uyghurs and Afghan volunteers sent by King Mohammad Zahir Shah.

Battle

As soon as the Uyghurs arrived at the outskirts of Yarkand, they besieged it. When the city noticed this intrusion and surrendered to the Uyghurs on May 26, the Hui cavalry and noncombatants were permitted to relocate but were then massacred at Kizil. At Yangi Hissar, another massacre of Hui by Uyghurs followed. At least 1000 people died, but there is no information on how many on each side.^[3]

References

^ Forbes, Andrew D. W. (9 October 1986). Warlords and Muslims in Chinese Central Asia. CUP Archive. ISBN 978-0-521-25514-1.
^ Dixon, Jeffrey S.; Sarkees, Meredith Reid (22 October 2015). A Guide to Intra-state Wars. ISBN 978-0-87289-775-5.
^ Dixon, Jeffrey S.; Sarkees, Meredith Reid (2016). A Guide to Intra-state Wars. ISBN 978-0-87289-775-5.

[1] Forbes, Andrew D. W. (9 October 1986). Warlords and Muslims in Chinese Central Asia. CUP Archive. ISBN 978-0-521-25514-1.

[2] Dixon, Jeffrey S.; Sarkees, Meredith Reid (22 October 2015). A Guide to Intra-state Wars. ISBN 978-0-87289-775-5.

[3] Dixon, Jeffrey S.; Sarkees, Meredith Reid (2016). A Guide to Intra-state Wars. ISBN 978-0-87289-775-5.

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