Army Ma Fuxiang
ma fuxiang
ma fuxiang recruited salars army, classifying them 5 inner clans , 8 outer clans. designated assimilated tibetan-speaking salars outer group. these salars both fluent in salar , chinese. uniformed , had carbines, rifles, pistols , binoculars. muslims hezhou served in cavalry.
dongxiang people known santa (san-t a) people, , many of them reportedly served in ma fuxiang s army. said ma fuxiang himself of santa descent, , had assimilated hui community. santa muslim dongxiang mongols continued play major role in army, protecting towns. ma fuxiang s santa troops maintained old mongol , qing custom of distributing specially marked arrows tokens officers show status.
among posts held commander of 6th mixed brigade of gansu army in 1922 , 7th division of northwest army in 1926
ma fuxiang had inherited army family, ma fulu , ma qianling. bequeathed on son ma hongkui.
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