Xinhai Revolution in Xinjiang

Part of Xinhai Revolution

Date	1911-1912
Location	Xinjiang
Result	Qing defeat

Belligerents

Qing Empire

Gelaohui and Ili Revolutionaires

Commanders and leaders

Yuan Dahua
Zhirui †
Guangfu

Wang Peilan

Yang Zuanxu

Strength

Several thousand Provincial Chinese troops

Manchu bannermen

Gelaohui rebels and Ili Revolutionaries, made out of Han Chinese, Hui Muslims, and Uyghurs

Yuan Dahua
Zhirui †
Guangfu

Several thousand Provincial Chinese troops

The Xinhai Revolution in Xinjiang refers to the fighting that took place in Xinjiang during the Xinhai Revolution.

The last Qing dynasty governor Yuan Dahua fled and handed over his resignation to Yang Zengxin because he could not handle fighting the revolutionaries and did not want to work for the Republic of China. The Ili revolutionaries and the Gelaohui were then suppressed by Yang. Yang appointed Ma Fuxing as military commander of 2,000 Chinese Muslim troops, to crush Yang's rivals. President Yuan Shikai recognized his rule, appointing him Governor of Xinjiang.

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