Course of The War
| Islam in China |
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History
History Tang Dynasty • Song Dynasty |
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Major figures
Chang Yuchun • Hu Dahai • Mu Ying • Yeheidie'erding Hui Liangyu • Ma Bufang |
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Culture
Cuisine • Martial arts Chinese mosques • Sini |
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Cities/Regions
Hong Kong • Kashgar • Linxia Ningxia • Taiwan • Xinjiang |
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Groups
Hui • Uyhgurs Kazakhs • Dongxiang |
The rebellion started as widespread local uprisings in virtually every region of the province. It was the rebels in western Yunnan under the leadership of Du Wenxiu who by gaining control of Dali in 1856 (which they retained until its fall in 1872) who became the major military and political center of opposition to the Qing government. They turned their fury on the local mandarins and ended up challenging the central government in Beijing.
The Imperial Government was handicapped by a profusion of problems in various parts of the sprawling empire, the Taiping rebellion being one of them. It was a time when China was still suffering from the shocks caused by the first series of unequal treaties, such as the Treaty of Nanking. These circumstances favored the ascendancy of the Muslims in Yunnan.
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