Dungan Revolt, Hui Minorities' War, or Muslim Rebellion in China
1862 CE
to 1877 CE
The Dungan Revolt, a religious war in China, is also known as the Hui Minorities' War and the Muslim Rebellion.
The term is sometimes used to refer to the Panthay Rebellion in Yunnan as well.
It is an uprising by members of the Hui and other Muslim ethnic groups in China's Shaanxi, Gansu and Ningxia provinces, as well as in Xinjiang, between 1862 and 1877.The purpose of this uprising is to develop a Muslim country in the western bank of Yellow River (Shaanxi, Gansu and Ningxia (excluding the Xinjiang province)).
Some people say it was directed against the Qing Dynasty, but there is no evidence at all showing that they intended to attack the capital of Beijing.
The uprising is actively encouraged by the leaders of the Taiping Rebellion.
When it fails, it instigated immigration of some of the Dungan people into Imperial Russia, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan.
Before the war, the population of Shaaxi province was about 13 million, minimum 1,750,000 are Dungan(Hui).
After the war, the population drops to 7 millio.
Xi'an, the capital of Shaanxi province, had been the Holy city of Dungan (Hui) in China before the revolt.
But once-flourishing Chinese Muslim communities fell 93% in the revolt in Shaaxi province.
Between 1648 and 1878, around twelve million Hui and Han Chinese have been killed in ten unsuccessful uprisings.
