1905 Tibetan Rebellion

Date	1905-1906
Location	Sichuan, Yunnan
Status	Qing Victory, Tibetan Defeat

Belligerents

Qing dynasty

Tibetan Buddhist Gelug Yellow Hat sect

Commanders and leaders

Zhao Erfeng
General Wu Yi-chung †
General Ma Weiqi (Ma Wei-ch'i)

Commandant in Chief Li Chia-jui

Tibetan Lamas

Strength

Qing military, Green Standard Army, New Army, Eight Banners

Tibetan tribesmen, Tibetan defectors from Qing army

Casualties and losses

All Lamas executed

Several Catholic Priests/Missionaries and many Christian converts killed

Zhao Erfeng
General Wu Yi-chung †
General Ma Weiqi (Ma Wei-ch'i)

The Tibetan rebellion of 1905 in Yunnan province began with a series of attacks on Christian missionaries and converts and ended with the imperial Chinese government re-asserting control of the province.

Under pressure from foreigners, the Qing Dynasty government allowed Christian missionaries into Tibetan Buddhist areas in Yunnan province. The Tibetan Lamas had long defied the rule of the Qing authorities and officials, and the Qing dynasty fought against a rebellion of the Lamas around 1905. The Tibetan Buddhist Lamas attacked and murdered Chinese officials, French Roman Catholic Priests from Paris Foreign Missions Society such as Jean-André Soulié or Jules Dubernard, and Christian converts in the area, in retaliation for the missionaries' success at converting the natives to Catholicism. The Buddhist Gelug (Yellow) Sect was primarily responsible for the revolt and deaths.

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