Talk:First East Turkestan Republic

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About the usage of "Hui" and "Dungan", here's an excerpt from the Hui people article:

Huis anywhere are referred to by Central Asian Turks and Tajiks as Dungans, even though Western academia only recognizes one Hui group, that of Kyrgyzstan, as Dungan.

-- ran (talk) 01:35, Mar 28, 2005 (UTC)

Ah, sorry, I just borrowed the terminology used by my source. This is coming from a Western academic source, but I'm assuming the former meaning Hui people is actually the intended one, since they are identified as coming from Gansu. I'll correct that in the next edit. Nevermind, I see you already did. --MC MasterChef 02:18, 28 Mar 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Information from Abdulbaki's article

TIRET was established as result of the unification of the Eastern Turkestan Republic, which declared independence from China, in Kashgar, in September, 1933, under the leadership of Temur-Sijan (Temur Bek), and the Hotan Emirate, which declared independence from China on March 16, 1933 in the city of Hotan under leadership of Muhammad Amin Bughra. The seat of the new Government was established in the city of Kashgar. It had soon all attributes of legitimate power, including National Assembly, founding Constitution, Flag, legal system, national currency ( in the form of minted coins under name " Republic of Uyghurstan" ) and started to form national army.
According to British Consulate- General in Kashgar at the time, TIRET had five basic policies:

• To form an independent muslim state.
• To seek freedom from the " Soviet stranglehold ".
• To restore peace and put down lawlessness.
• To encourage and restore trade.
• To seek friendly relations with the British Government and to obtain its aid as far as possible.

But Kashgar envoys, who had been provided by issued national passports of TIRET and sent by Sabit Damulla to British India, the Soviet Union (Tashkent), Afghanistan, Persia, and Turkey, failed in their missions. None of these countries agreed to recognize the fledgling Republic and provide their aid and support (although the Turkish press at the time was full of congratulations for the self-proclaimed "Turkish Islamic Republic of Eastern Turkestan", the Turkish Ministry for Foreign Affairs didn't sound any note. British authorities in India replied that all matters of Eastern Turkestan Kashgar authorities should to settle exclusively with Nanking Government of China. The Soviet Union replied by sending troops (the 8th Army, under the command of General Rybalko)^[1] in January, 1934, to Northern Sinkiang, where they became engaged in joint military operations together with Chinese Sheng Shicai forces against the Dungan forces of Ma Chung-ying, eventually having them expelled to Southern Sinkiang, which was controlled by TIRET). An appeal by the Republic to the League of Nations also remained unanswered.
After, the defeat of the Republic by the Dungan (Hui) armies of Ma Chung-ying followed. The capital of the secessionist Republic was sacked by Dungan troops on February 6, and, when Kashgari forces failed in an attempt to retake the city on February 9, more than 3000 of its inhabitants were soon after massacred by Dungan soldiers, who allied themselves with the Nanking Government of China. In ensuing battles, that lasted several months, the better organized, armed, and trained forces of Ma Chung-ying proved victorious over the Eastern Turkistani troops, and captured Yangihissar, Yarkand, and Hotan, eventually putting an end to existence of TIRET.
—Preceding unsigned comment added by Erkin2008 (talk • contribs) 18:56, 24 October 2007 (UTC)