Islamic rebellion in Xinjiang (1937)

Islamic rebellion in Xinjiang (1937)
	Part of the Xinjiang Wars
	; Abdul Niyaz with his soldiers in Kashgar
Date	April 2 – October 15, 1937; (6 months, 1 week and 6 days)
Location	Xinjiang
Result	Provincial government victory
Territorial; changes	Sheng Shicai's pro-Soviet regime establishes its rule over the whole territory of Xinjiang province.
Belligerents
Republic of China Muslim Turkic rebels	Xinjiang clique; Soviet Union
Commanders and leaders
Chiang Kai-shek; Ma Hushan; Ma Ju-lung; Pai Tzu-li Kichik Akhund; Abdul Niyaz †	Sheng Shicai; Ma Sheng-kuei; Joseph Stalin
Units involved
Republic of China Army New 36th Division;	Red Army; White Army; Xinjiang Army
Strength
~10,000 Chinese Muslim cavalry and infantry 1,500 Turkic rebels	5,000 Soviet Red Army troops; Several thousand White Russian soldiers and provincial Chinese troops
Casualties and losses
~2,000 casualties	Provincial government: ~500; Soviet and White Russian forces: ~300

In 1937, 1,500 Uyghur Muslim rebels under the command of Kichik Akhund rebelled in southern Xinjiang against the pro-Soviet forces of Sheng Shicai. The rebels were tacitly aided by the New 36th Division of the Chinese National Revolutionary Army.^[1]^[2]

^ "Moslems in Chinese Turkestan in Revolt Against Pro-Soviet Provincial Authorities". The New York Times. 26 June 1937.
^ Forbes, Andrew D. W. (1986). Warlords and Muslims in Chinese Central Asia. Cambridge, England: CUP Archive. ISBN 978-0-521-25514-1.