Battle of Aksu

Part of the Kumul Rebellion

Date	May 31, 1933
Location	Aksu, Xinjiang, Xinjiang
Result	Chinese Muslims expelled by Uighurs from Aksu

Belligerents

Republic of China 36th Division (National Revolutionary Army)

First East Turkestan Republic

Commanders and leaders

Ma Zhancang (nominal commander of all Chinese Muslim forces of southern Xinjiang)

Isma'il Beg

Strength

Several hundred Chinese Muslim troops

Several hundred Turkic muslim Uighur fighters

The Battle of Aksu was a minor battle taking place on May 31, 1933 in which Chinese Muslim troops were driven from the Aksu oases of Xinjiang by rebelling Uighurs.^[1] Isma'il Beg, a Uighur, became the rebel Tao-yin of Aksu.^[2]

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. 89. ISBN 0-521-25514-7. Retrieved 2010-06-28.
↑ 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. 241. ISBN 0-521-25514-7. Retrieved 2010-06-28.

Xinjiang Wars

Battles	Battle of Aksu Battle of Sekes Tash Battle of Kashgar (1933) Battle of Toksun

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