1911 Revolution in Xinjiang
| 1911 Revolution in Xinjiang 辛亥革命在新疆 | |||||||
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| Part of the 1911 Revolution | |||||||
Xinjiang in the Qing Dynasty | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Qing dynasty | Ili Revolutionary Party | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Yuan Dahua Zhirui † Guangfu Wang Peilan | Yang Zuanxu | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
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Several thousand Provincial Chinese troops Manchu bannermen | Gelaohui rebels and Ili Revolutionaries, made out of Han Chinese, Hui Muslims, and Uyghurs | ||||||
The 1911 Revolution spread from China proper to Xinjiang, where fighting occurred between Qing loyalists and the Anti-Qing Revolutionary Party (反清革命党人). Fighting took place mainly in Yili.