Bai Lang Rebellion

Bai Lang Rebellion
Date	1911–1914
Location	China
Result	Defeat of Bai Lang and his bandit army
Belligerents
Republic of China; Self-defense forces: "Future-Safeguarding Society"; Jahriyya menhuan; Xidaotang; ;	Bai Lang's army Allies: Qing dynasty loyalists Royalist Party; Big Swords Society's "Seas and Lakes Society"; ; Kuomintang (from 1913); Other bandit groups; Gelaohui;
Commanders and leaders
Yuan Shikai; Duan Qirui; Lu Chien-chang; Ma Anliang; Ma Qi; Ma Yuanzhang; Ma Qixi; Yang Jiqing;	Bai Lang
Units involved
Beiyang Army 7th Division 14th Brigade; ; ; Han Chinese, Hui, and Tibetan militias;	Various bandit groups
Strength
12,000	Bai Lang's army: c. 5,000 (early 1913)
Casualties and losses
	Thousands of civilian casualties

The Bai Lang Rebellion was a Chinese "bandit" rebellion lasting from mid 1913 to late 1914. Launched against the Republican government of Yuan Shikai, the rebellion was led by Bai Lang. His rebel army was an eclectic mix of anti-Yuan Shikai troops and rebels, bandit groups and Gelaohui (secret society) members. As a unit, they were allied to southern Guangdong based revolutionaries.

Naqshbandi Khufiyya Sufi Muslim general Ma Anliang took advantage of the war to allow the massacre of the rival Muslim Xidaotang sect and then to execute the Muslim leader of the Xidaotang, Ma Qixi and his family.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.