Ma Guoliang (,
Xiao'erjing: مَا قُوَلِیَانْ) was a
Hui Muslim military officer in the
Qing dynasty
The Qing dynasty ( ), officially the Great Qing, was a Manchu-led Dynasties of China, imperial dynasty of China and an early modern empire in East Asia. The last imperial dynasty in Chinese history, the Qing dynasty was preceded by the ...
, the son of General
Ma Zhanao and younger brother of General
Ma Anliang
Ma Anliang (, French romanization: Ma-ngan-leang, Xiao'erjing: ; 1855 – November 24, 1918) was a Hui people, Hui born in Linxia City, Hezhou, Gansu, China. He became a general in the Qing dynasty army, and of the Republic of China (1912 ...
and older brother of Ma Suiliang (Ma Sui-liang) 馬遂良. He helped crush rebel Muslims in the
Dungan revolt (1895–1896) along with his brother Ma Anliang, holding them off at Jishi pass.
His sons were Ma Tingbin (Ma T'ing-pin) 馬廷斌 aka Ma Quanqin
馬全欽, and Ma Jieqin
馬介欽.
In 1917 Ma Anliang ordered Ma Guoliang to suppress a rebellion of Tibetans in
Xunhua who rebelled because of heavy taxes Ma Anliang imposed on them. Ma Anliang did not report it to the central government in Beijing and was reprimanded for it, and
Ma Qi was sent by the government to investigate the case and suppress the rebellion.
[赵颂尧,马安良其人与民初的甘肃政争,西北民族大学学报(哲学社会科学版) 1989年第02期]
Ma Guoliang's son Ma Quanqin later defected to the Communists in 1949 and became a member of the Communist party.
See also
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Ma clique
The Ma clique or Ma family warlords is a collective name for a group of Hui (Muslim Chinese) warlords in Northwestern China who ruled the Chinese provinces of Qinghai, Gansu and Ningxia for 10 years from 1919 until 1928. Following the colla ...
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Ma Clique (in Chinese)
19th-century Chinese military personnel
20th-century Chinese people
People from Linxia
Hui people
Chinese Muslim generals
19th-century Chinese generals
Naqshbandi order
Chinese Sufis
Qing dynasty generals
Year of death missing
Year of birth missing
Generals from Gansu
Qing dynasty Muslims
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