17 Facts About Ma Qi

Ma Qi was a Chinese Muslim General in early 20th-century China.

Ma Qi's father was Ma Haiyan and his brother was Ma Lin.

Ma Qi was a senior commander in the Qinghai-Gansu region during the late Qing dynasty.

Ma Qi led loyalist Muslim troops to crush Muslim rebels during the Dungan Revolt.

Ma Qi succeeded him in all his posts and capacities.

Ma Qi was 6 feet tall and maintained the mintuan militia in Xining as his personal army, called the Ninghaijun.

Ma Qi rescued Ma Wanfu by attacking the escort and brought him to Qinghai.

Unlike the Mongols and Tibetans, the Muslims refused to secede from the Republic, and Ma Qi quickly used his diplomatic and military powers to make the Tibetan and Mongol nobles recognize the Republic of China government as their overlord, and sent a message to President Yuan Shikai reaffirming that Qinghai was securely in the Republic.

Ma Qi replaced "Long, Long, Long, Live the reigning Emperor", with "Long live the Republic of China" on inscriptions.

Ma Qi developed relations with Wu Peifu, who tried to turn Gansu military leaders against Feng Yuxiang.

Ma Anliang did not report it to the central government in Beijing and was reprimanded for it, and Ma Qi was sent by the government to investigate the case and suppress the rebellion.

Ma Qi occupied Labrang monastery in 1917, the first time non-Tibetans had seized it.

Ma Qi responded with 3,000 Chinese Muslim troops, who retook Labrang and machine-gunned thousands of Tibetan monks as they tried to flee.

Ma Qi besieged Labrang numerous times and the Tibetans and Mongols fought against his Muslim forces for control of Labrang, until he gave it up in 1927.

Ma Qi defeated the Tibetan forces with his Muslim troops.

Ma Qi's forces were praised by foreigners who traveled through Qinghai for their fighting abilities.

Ma Qi died on 5 August 1931 in Xining, Qinghai, China.