Dungan Genocide of Muslims in China
Dungan Genocide
Main articles: Dungan revolt and Panthay rebellion
The Dungan revolt erupted due to infighting between different Muslim Sufi sects, the Khafiya and the Jahariyya, and the Gedimu. When the rebellion failed, mass-immigration of the Dungan people into Imperial Russia, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan ensued. Before the war, the population of Shaanxi province totalled approximately 13 million inhabitants, at least 1,750,000 of whom were Dungan (Hui). After the war, the population dropped to 7 million; at least 150,000 fled. Xi'an, the capital of Shaanxi province, was the Holy city of Dungan (Hui) in China before the revolt. But once-flourishing Chinese Muslim communities fell 93% in the revolt in Shaanxi province. Between 1648 and 1878, around twelve million Hui and Han Chinese were killed in ten unsuccessful uprisings. The revolts were harshly suppressed by the Manchu government in a manner that amounts to genocide.Approximately a million people in the Panthay rebellion were killed, and several million in the Dungan revolt[115] as a "washing off the Muslims"(洗回 (xi Hui)) policy had been long advocated by officials in the Manchu government.[116] Many Chinese muslim generals like Ma Zhanao, Ma Anliang, Ma Qianling, Dong Fuxiang, Ma Haiyan, and Ma Julung helped the Qing dynasty defeat the rebel muslims, and were rewarded, and their followers were spared from the genocide. The Han chinese Qing general Zuo Zongtang even relocated the Han from the suburbs Hezhou when the muslims there surrendered as a reward. The muslims were granted amnesty and allowed to live as long as they stayed outside the city. Some of the muslims who fought, like General Dong, did not do it because they were muslim, rather, like many other generals, they gathered bands of followers and fought at will.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persecution_of_Muslims#Dungan_Genocide
Main articles: Dungan revolt and Panthay rebellion
The Dungan revolt erupted due to infighting between different Muslim Sufi sects, the Khafiya and the Jahariyya, and the Gedimu. When the rebellion failed, mass-immigration of the Dungan people into Imperial Russia, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan ensued. Before the war, the population of Shaanxi province totalled approximately 13 million inhabitants, at least 1,750,000 of whom were Dungan (Hui). After the war, the population dropped to 7 million; at least 150,000 fled. Xi'an, the capital of Shaanxi province, was the Holy city of Dungan (Hui) in China before the revolt. But once-flourishing Chinese Muslim communities fell 93% in the revolt in Shaanxi province. Between 1648 and 1878, around twelve million Hui and Han Chinese were killed in ten unsuccessful uprisings. The revolts were harshly suppressed by the Manchu government in a manner that amounts to genocide.Approximately a million people in the Panthay rebellion were killed, and several million in the Dungan revolt[115] as a "washing off the Muslims"(洗回 (xi Hui)) policy had been long advocated by officials in the Manchu government.[116] Many Chinese muslim generals like Ma Zhanao, Ma Anliang, Ma Qianling, Dong Fuxiang, Ma Haiyan, and Ma Julung helped the Qing dynasty defeat the rebel muslims, and were rewarded, and their followers were spared from the genocide. The Han chinese Qing general Zuo Zongtang even relocated the Han from the suburbs Hezhou when the muslims there surrendered as a reward. The muslims were granted amnesty and allowed to live as long as they stayed outside the city. Some of the muslims who fought, like General Dong, did not do it because they were muslim, rather, like many other generals, they gathered bands of followers and fought at will.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persecution_of_Muslims#Dungan_Genocide
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