A report on Gansu, Xinjiang and Dungan Revolt (1862–1877)
The seventh-largest administrative district by area at 453700 km2, Gansu lies between the Tibetan and Loess plateaus and borders Mongolia (Govi-Altai Province), Inner Mongolia and Ningxia to the north, Xinjiang and Qinghai to the west, Sichuan to the south and Shaanxi to the east.
- GansuHowever, this article refers specifically to two waves of uprising by various Chinese Muslims, mostly Hui people, in Shaanxi, Gansu and Ningxia provinces in the first wave, and then in Xinjiang in the second wave, between 1862 and 1877.
- Dungan Revolt (1862–1877)Xinjiang also borders the Tibet Autonomous Region and the provinces of Gansu and Qinghai.
- XinjiangThe province was also the origin of the Dungan Revolt of 1862–77.
- GansuThe Dungan Revolt by the Muslim Hui and other Muslim ethnic groups was fought in China's Shaanxi, Ningxia and Gansu provinces and in Xinjiang from 1862 to 1877.
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Hui people
3 linksEast Asian ethnoreligious group predominantly composed of Chinese-speaking adherents of Islam.
East Asian ethnoreligious group predominantly composed of Chinese-speaking adherents of Islam.
Western missionaries who entered Gansu and Shaanxi after the 18th century, on the other hand, considered the Hui in the north-western provinces an ethnic group between the Turkic, Han and Arab peoples.
The study also showed that there is a close genetic affinity among these ethnic minorities in Northwest China (including Uyghurs, Huis, Dongxiangs, Bonans, Yugurs and Salars) and that these cluster closely with other East Asian people, especially in Xinjiang, followed by Mongolic, and Tungusic speakers, indicating the probability of a shared recent common ancestor of "Altaic speakers".
The word (mostly in the form "Dungani" or "Tungani", sometimes "Dungens" or "Dungans") acquired currency in English and other western languages when books in the 1860–70s discussed the Dungan Revolt.
Qinghai
2 linksLandlocked province in the northwest of the People's Republic of China.
Landlocked province in the northwest of the People's Republic of China.
Qinghai borders Gansu on the northeast, Xinjiang on the northwest, Sichuan on the southeast and the Tibet Autonomous Region on the southwest.
The Dungan revolt (1862–77) devastated the Hui Muslim population of Shaanxi, shifting the Hui center of population to Gansu and Qinghai.
Lanzhou
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Lanzhou is the capital and largest city of Gansu Province in Northwest China.
Lanzhou was badly damaged during the Dungan revolt in 1864–1875.
This highway remained the primary traffic route of northwestern China until the completion of the railway from Lanzhou to Ürümqi, Xinjiang.
Islam in China
2 linksIslam has been practiced in China since the 7th century CE.
Islam has been practiced in China since the 7th century CE.
Though Hui Muslims are the most numerous group, the greatest concentration of Muslims are in Xinjiang, which contains a significant Uyghur population.
Lesser yet significant populations reside in the regions of Ningxia, Gansu and Qinghai.
The rebellion in Yunnan occurred because of repression by Qing officials, resulting in bloody Hui rebellions, most notably the Dungan revolt, which occurred mostly in Xinjiang, Shensi and Gansu, from 1862 to 1877.
Kashgar
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Kashgar (قەشقەر) or Kashi is an oasis city in the Tarim Basin region of Southern Xinjiang.
The great Dungan revolt (1862–1877) involved insurrection among various Muslim ethnic groups.
It broke out in 1862 in Gansu then spread rapidly to Dzungaria and through the line of towns in the Tarim Basin.