Battle of Sekes Tash

Battle of Sekes Tash
Part of the Kumul Rebellion
Date1933
LocationSekes Tash, Xinjiang
Result Republic of China victory
Belligerents

Republic of China (1912–1949) Republic of China

 First East Turkestan Republic First East Turkestan Republic
Commanders and leaders
Republic of China (1912–1949) Ma Zhancang First East Turkestan Republic Nur Ahmad Jan Bughra
First East Turkestan Republic Abdullah Bughra
First East Turkestan Republic 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 36th Division troops under Gen. Ma Zhancang attacked and defeated Uighur and Kirghiz armies at Sekes Tesh.[1]

References

  1. ↑ 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. Retrieved 2010-06-28.


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