Dungan revolt (1895–96) Battle of Langfang Siege of the International Legations (Boxer Rebellion) Battle of Peking
Commanders
Notable commanders
Dong Fuxiang (general in chief) Ma Fuxiang, Ma Fulu, Ma Fuxing
Military unit
Kansu Braves
Traditional Chinese
甘軍
Simplified Chinese
甘军
Literal meaning
Gansu Army
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin
Gān Jūn
Wade–Giles
Kan¹ Chün¹
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization
Gām Gwān
Jyutping
Gam1 Gwan1
The Gansu Braves or Gansu Army was a unit of 10,000 Chinese Muslim troops from the northwestern province of Kansu (Gansu) in the last decades of the Qing dynasty (1644–1912). Loyal to the Qing, the Braves were recruited in 1895 to suppress a Muslim revolt in Gansu. Under the command of General Dong Fuxiang (1839–1908), they were transferred to the Beijing metropolitan area in 1898, where they officially became the Rear Division of the Wuwei Corps, a modern army that protected the imperial capital. The Gansu Army included Hui Muslims, Salar Muslims,[1][2][3] Dongxiang Muslims, and Bonan Muslims.
The Braves, who wore traditional uniforms but were armed with modern rifles and artillery, played an important role in 1900 during the Boxer Rebellion. After helping to repel the Seymour Expedition, a multinational foreign force sent from Tianjin to relieve the Beijing Legation Quarter in early June, the Muslim troops were the fiercest attackers during the siege of the legations from 20 June to 14 August.[4] They suffered heavy casualties at the Battle of Peking, in which the Eight-Nation Alliance relieved the siege. The Kansu Braves then guarded the Imperial Court on their journey to Xi'an.
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^韩, 芝华 (16 October 2009). "怀念我的父亲──韩有文". 中国国民党革命委员会新疆维吾尔自治区委员会. Archived from the original on 6 September 2017.
^Travels of a Consular Officer in North-West China. CUP Archive. 1921. p. 110.
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