battle, interwar and Second World War
Battle of Yarkand
Battle of Yarkand was a battle fought in 1934 at Yarkant County, in what is now China. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Yarkant County. It was part of Q4247016. The recorded result: Chinese victory. Recorded strength: Several hundred Chinese Muslim troops against Several hundred Turkic Muslim Uighur, Kirghiz and Afghan volunteers.
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Where it sits in Q4247016
Record
| Date | 1934 (year precision) | |
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| Place | Yarkant County, China 38.417N, 77.241E | |
| Kind | Battle, interwar and Second World War | |
| Strength | Several hundred Chinese Muslim troops | Several hundred Turkic Muslim Uighur, Kirghiz and Afghan volunteers |
| Casualties and losses | Unknown | Almost all force annihilated; At least 1000 people died, but there is no information on how many on each side. |
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In the same war
- Before: Battle of Yangi Hissar 1934
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Battle of Yarkand 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 Q4872772, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Yarkand, revision 1370595274, 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.