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Dungan [a] is a term used in territories of the former Soviet Union to refer to a group of Muslim people of Hui origin. [6] Turkic-speaking peoples in Xinjiang also sometimes refer to Hui Muslims as Dungans. [ 7 ]
Shivaza founded Soviet Dungan literature and authored many textbooks in the Dungan language, helping improve literacy among the Dungan people, who were largely illiterate after fleeing the Qing dynasty. [3] His first book, "The Morning Star", was published in 1931 and is the first printed book in the history of the Dungan people.
Europeans commonly referred to these people as "Dungan" or "Tungan" during the Dungan Revolt. The people referred to as "Andijanis" or "Kokandis" include the subjects of the Kokand Khanate—Uzbeks, Sarts, Southern Kyrgyzes, Ferghana Kipchaks and Tajiks. The Kokand army was predominantly formed from Uzbeks and the nomadic Kyrgyz and Kipchaks.
The Dungan and Panthay revolts were set off by racial antagonism and class warfare, rather than religion. [157] During the first Dungan revolt from 1862 to 1877, fighting broke out between Uyghur and Hui groups. [226] In the military, imbalances in promotion and wealth were other motives for holding foreigners in poor regard. [157]
Dungan may refer to: Dungan people, a group of Muslim people of Hui origin Dungan language; Dungan, sometimes used to refer to Hui Chinese people generally; Dungan Mountains in Sibi District, Pakistan; Donegan, an Irish surname, sometimes spelled Dungan
As Zuo Zongtang moved into Xinjiang to crush the Muslim rebels under Yaqub Beg, he was joined by Ma Anliang and his forces, which were composed entirely out of Muslim Dungan people. Ma Anliang and his Dungan troops fought alongside Zuo Zongtang to attack the Muslim rebel forces. [152] General Dong Fuxiang's army seized the Kashgaria and Khotan ...
Bai Yanhu (Chinese: 白彥虎, Dungan: Биянхў; 1830–1882), also known as Mohammed Ayub (مُحَمَّد بَىْيًاحُو), [1] was a Hui military commander and rebel from Shaanxi, China. He was known for leading a group of Hui people across the vast lands of northwestern China to Kyrgyzstan under Russian rule.
The House of Culture in Masanchi houses a museum of the history of the Dungan people. Every year there, as well as in the village of Sortobe, the holiday “Day of the Dungan Ethnos” is held. [9] With the support of the Dungan Association of Kazakhstan (ADK), a monument dedicated to Bai Yanhu was unveiled in the village in 2001. [10]