battle, interwar and Second World War

Battle of Yangi Hissar

Name: Battle of Yangi Hissar
Location: China

Battle of Yangi Hissar was a battle fought in 1934 in what is now China. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at its recorded location. It was part of Q4247016. The recorded result: Republic of China victory. Recorded strength: 10,000 Chinese Muslim troops against 2,500 Turkic Muslim Uighur and Kirghiz fighters.

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Fought1934

WhereChina38.932N, 76.170E, placed at the location, approximate

OutcomeRepublic of China victory

BelligerentsRepublic of China; New 36th DivisionagainstFirst East Turkestan Republic

Casualties and lossesSeveral hundredsand2,500 killed, all Uighurs and Kirghiz wiped out

Part ofQ4247016

Where it sits in Q4247016

7 placed engagements of Q4247016 in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date	1934 (year precision)
Place	China 38.932N, 76.170E
Kind	Battle, interwar and Second World War
Strength	10,000 Chinese Muslim troops	2,500 Turkic Muslim Uighur and Kirghiz fighters
Casualties and losses	Several hundreds	2,500 killed, all Uighurs and Kirghiz wiped out
Commanders	Ma Zhancang Ma Fuyuan	Nur Ahmadjan Bughra

Placed at its recorded location; the exact site is not recorded. with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Siege of Skardu 1947, 407 km S
Battle near the village of Afridge 1985, 497 km SW
Battle of Talas AD 751, 519 km NW
Battle of Badgam 1947, 561 km S
Siege of Khujand 1220, 580 km W

In the same war

Before: Battle of Kashgar 1934
After: Battle of Yarkand 1934

Elsewhere in 1934

Battle of Yangi Hissar is one of 2,997 engagements of the 20th century in the atlas and one of 339 in present-day People's Republic of China.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q4872771, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Yangi Hissar, revision 1370595225, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.