Ma Shenglin
| Ma Shenglin | |
|---|---|
| Born | Yunnan |
| Died | 1871 |
| Allegiance | Pingnan Guo |
| Years of service | 1872-1877 |
| Rank | general |
| Battles/wars | Panthay Rebellion |
| Ma Shenglin | |||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 馬聖鱗 | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Simplified Chinese | 马圣鳞 | ||||||||||
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Ma Shenglin was a Hui Jahriyya Sufi rebel who fought against the Qing dynasty in the Panthay Rebellion.
In the late 1860s, when Qing loyalist Muslim General Ma Rulong led the reconquest western Yunnan, Ma Shenglin defended town of Greater Donggou against Ma Rulong’s army in a battle of in central Yunnan. Ma Shenglin was aJahriyya order leader in Yunnan and a rebel commander. Mortar fire killed Ma in 1871.[1]
Ma Shenglin was the great uncle of Ma Shaowu, a descendant of Ma Mingxin, and a relative of Ma Yuanzhang.
References
- ↑ Jonathan Neaman Lipman (2004). Familiar strangers: a history of Muslims in Northwest China. Seattle: University of Washington Press. p. 178. ISBN 0-295-97644-6. Retrieved 2010-06-28.
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