Panthay Rebellion

Panthay Rebellion
Map of the Muslim Uprisings against the Qing Empire
Date 1856–1873 Location Yunnan, Qing Empire Result Qing victory Fall of Pingnan Guo Weakening of the Qing dynasty
Belligerents
Qing Empire	Pingnan Guo
Commanders and leaders
Cen Yuying Ma Rulong	Du Wenxiu Ma Shenglin Ma Shilin
Strength
Manchu, Han Chinese, and Loyalist Muslim troops	Rebel Muslims, Rebel Han Chinese and Muslim ethnic minorities
Casualties and losses
1,000,000 dead	1,000,000 (including Muslim and non-Muslim civilians and soldiers)

The Panthay Rebellion (1856–1873), also known as the Du Wenxiu Rebellion (Tu Wen-hsiu Rebellion), was a rebellion of the Muslim Hui people and other (Muslim as well as non-Muslim) ethnic groups against the Manchu-led Qing dynasty in southwestern Yunnan Province, as part of a wave of Hui-led multi-ethnic unrest.

The name "Panthay" is a Burmese word, which is said to be identical with the Shan word Pang hse.^[1] It was the name by which the Burmese called the Chinese Muslims who came with caravans to Burma from the Chinese province of Yunnan. The name was not used or known in Yunnan itself.^[2] The rebellion referred to itself as the Pingnan Kingdom, meaning Pacified Southern Kingdom.^[3]