Dungan revolt (1895–96)

Dungan revolt
Date 1895-1896 Location Qinghai, Gansu Result Qing victory
Belligerents
Qing Empire, loyalist Khafiya Sufis	Muslim rebels, Yihewani and rebel Khafiya Sufis
Commanders and leaders
Yang Changjun Dong Fuxiang Brigadier General Tang Yanhe Yang Zengxin Ma Anliang Ma Guoliang Ma Fulu Ma Fuxiang Ma Haiyan Wei Kuang-tao	Ma Yonglin † Ma Dahan † Ma Wanfu
Strength
Thousands of Loyalist Muslim Hui troops, Han Chinese, and Tibetans	Thousands of Rebel Muslim Hui, Dongxiang, Salar, and Baoan troops
Casualties and losses
	All rebels killed except Ma Wanfu

The Dungan Revolt (1895–96) was a rebellion of various Chinese Muslim ethnic groups in Qinghai and Gansu against the Qing dynasty, that originated because of a violent dispute between two Sufi orders of the same sect. The Wahhabi inspired Yihewani organization then joined in and encouraged the revolt, which was crushed by loyalist Muslims.

After rival Sufi Naqshbandi spiritual orders had fought and accused each other of various misdeeds, instead of continuing the violence they decided to use the Qing legal system to solve the dispute. They filed opposing lawsuits through the office of the Xining Prefect and the judge in the case decided not to issue a ruling on which group was superior to the other in matters of all Islamic affairs, and urged them to behave. As a result, both groups resorted to violence. A taotai (道台) was sent by the Qing to crush the perpetrators of the violence, which ended in several deaths. This led the involved parties in the dispute to rebel against the Qing.

In Xunhua, Qinghai, masses of Hui, Dongxiang, Bao'an, and Salars were incited to revolt against the Qing by the Multicoloured Mosque leader Ma Yonglin. Soldiers were ordered to destroy the rebels by Brigadier General Tang Yanhe.Ma Dahan arranged a deal with the fellow Dongxiang Ma Wanfu when rebelling against the Qing dynasty. In Hezhou, Didao, and Xunhua they directed their adherents to join the rebellion. Tiaoheyan, Sanjiaji, and Guanghe were agreed upon as points in a defensive position and they pledged that they would not capitulate.

Ma Wanfu's Wahhabi inspired Yihewani sect was considered the "new teaching" sect. The Yihewani encouraged the rebellion.

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