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Du Wenxiu

Chinese Muslim leader

Also known as: Sultan Sulaymān

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history of Yunnan

In Yunnan: History of Yunnan
In 1855–73, Muslims, led by Du Wenxiu (alias Sultan Sulaymān), who obtained arms from the British authorities in Burma (Myanmar), staged the Panthay Rebellion, which was crushed with great cruelty by the Chinese imperial troops, aided by arms from the French authorities in Tonkin (northern Vietnam). In 1915 Cai E,…
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