| Battle of Sekes Tash | |||||||
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| Part of the Kumul Rebellion | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Republic of China 36th Division (National Revolutionary Army) | First East Turkestan Republic | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Ma Zhancang | Nur Ahmad Jan Bughra, Abdullah Bughra, Osman Ali (Kirghiz) | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| Several hundred Chinese muslim troops | Several hundred Turkic muslim Uighur and Kirghiz fighters | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| light | 200 | ||||||
The Battle of Sekes Tash (1933) was a minor battle in which Chinese Muslim troops under Gen. Ma Zhancang attacked and defeated Uighur and Kirghiz armies at Sekes Tesh.[1]
References[]
- ↑ Andrew D. W. Forbes (1986). Warlords and Muslims in Chinese Central Asia: a political history of Republican Sinkiang 1911-1949. Cambridge, England: CUP Archive. p. 95. ISBN 0-521-25514-7. http://books.google.com/books?id=IAs9AAAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=warlords+and+muslims&source=bl&ots=KzhMe1jqkR&sig=eAWWrWWnfST3ct0dnbvoZxkvWSw&hl=en&ei=3fEbTKagNYW0lQekxdXjDA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CBgQ6AEwAQ#v=snippet&q=sekes%20tash%20&f=false. Retrieved 2010-06-28.
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