1. Ma Zhongying was ordered to overthrow Jin Shuren, the governor of Xinjiang.
17 Facts About Ma Zhongying
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Ma Zhongying joined a Muslim militia in 1924 when he was 14 years old.
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Ma Zhongying seized Hezhou and vanquished the forces of Ma Lin, who had been sent to recapture Hezhou from him.
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Ma Zhongying seized Gansu's capital from the Guominjun in April 1929 but was eventually defeated and expelled by them.
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Yulbars Khan asked for Ma Zhongying's help in overthrowing Gov.
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Ma Zhongying returned to Xinjiang in the summer of 1933.
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Ma Zhongying then fought against the Russians in the Soviet invasion of Xinjiang.
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Ma Zhongying himself wore a KMT armband and a New 36th Division uniform to show that he was a legitimate representative of the Chinese government.
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Ma Zhongying himself had a harmonium with him, and spent hours playing Muslim hymns on it.
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Ma Zhongying carried Mauser pistols and liked to quote as his models Genghis Khan, Napoleon, Hindenburg and Zuo Zongtang.
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Ma Zhongying's ambition did not go so far as to seek equality with Genghis Khan, but he was not content with anything below a level with Tamerlane.
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Ma Zhongying had spies and agents all over Eastern Turkestan and as far as Suchow by way of Tun-hwang.
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Ma Zhongying was himself a Mohammedan, and his aim was to bring the whole of the Turki world in Central Asia under his sceptre.
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Ma Zhongying would become Sultan in Turan, just as Riza Shah in Teheran was King of Iran.
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The book "Who's Who in China" erroneously claimed that Ma Zhongying came back from the Soviet Union in 1934 to Tianjin, China, and was residing there that year.
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Some sources allege that Ma Zhongying enlisted in the Red Army and became a high-ranking special adviser to the proposed Soviet force that was planning to take action, according to Zhang Guotao's forces.
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Ma Zhongying's tasks were, reportedly, to advise the Soviets on the situation in Xinjiang and to help them negotiate with his cousins Ma Bufang, Ma Hongbin and their families so that these warlords would not hinder Zhang Guotao's forces.