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Kizil massacre
Location	Near Kashgar, Xinjiang
Date	June 1933
Target	Chinese Muslim soldiers and Han Chinese civilians
Deaths	800
Perpetrators	Uighur and Kirghiz fighters under the command of Osman Ali and Nur Ahmad Jan Bughra

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Important past events Kirghiz rebellion First Sino-Uyghur Conflicts Battle of Aksu Battle of Sekes Tash Battle of Kashgar (1933) Khoja Niyas Hajji Rebellion Kizil massacre Warlords Wars Battle of Ürümqi (1933) Battle of Ürümqi (1933–1934) Battle of Kitai Battle of Kashgar (1934) Second Sino-Uyghur Conflicts Battle of Kashgar (1934) Battle of Yangi Hissar Battle of Yarkand Battle of Khotan Sino-Soviet Conflict in Xinjiang Battle of Tutung Battle of Dawan Cheng Soviet invasion of Xinjiang

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First Sino-Uyghur Conflicts

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The Kizil massacre (Chinese: 克孜爾大屠殺) occurred in June 1933, when Uighur and Kyrgyz Turkic fighters broke their agreement not to attack a column of retreating Hui Chinese soldiers and civilians from Yarkand New City on their way to Kashgar. An estimated 800 Chinese Muslim and Chinese civilians were killed by Turkic Muslim fighters.

References

Andrew D. W. Forbes (1986). Warlords and Muslims in Chinese Central Asia: a political history of Republican Sinkiang 1911–1949. Cambridge, England: CUP Archive. p. 88. ISBN 0-521-25514-7. Retrieved 2010-06-28.
Lars-Erik Nyman (1977). Great Britain and Chinese, Russian and Japanese interests in Sinkiang, 1918–1934. Stockholm: Esselte studium. pp. 111 & 113. ISBN 91-24-27287-6. Retrieved 2010-06-28.

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