Tang Yanhe Explained

Tang Yanhe
Birth Place:Gansu
Allegiance: Qing dynasty
Serviceyears:1895-1896
Rank:Brigadier General (zongbing)[1]
Battles:Salar revolt

Tang Yanhe a Han chinese, was born Gansu, China. He commanded an army of Chinese Muslim soldiers along with Dong Fuxiang, and used them to crush the Muslim Rebellion of 1895.

In Xunhua, Qinghai, masses of Hui, Dongxiang, Baoan, and Salars were incited to revolt against the Qing by the Multicoloured Mosque leader Ma Yonglin. Soldiers were ordered to destroy the rebels by Brigadier General Tang Yanhe. Tang was joined by loyalist Muslim troops to fight the rebel Muslims.[1] The Muslim officers Ma Fuxiang, Ma Fulu, Ma Anliang, and Ma Guoliang served under Tang, and fought against the rebels at Jishi pass. When Tang's forces were defeated at Shuangcheng the Ma brothers fled south with him. They then massacred the rebel Muslims at Hezhou.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: China's Muslim Hui community: migration, settlement and sects. Michael Dillon. 1999. Curzon Press. Richmond. 136. 9780700710263.
  2. Book: Familiar strangers: a history of Muslims in Northwest China. Jonathan Neaman Lipman. 2004. University of Washington Press. Seattle. 168. 0-295-97644-6.