Battle of Sekes Tash
{{Infobox military conflict
|conflict= Battle of Sekes Tash
|partof=the Kumul Rebellion
|image=
|caption=
|date= 1933
|place= Sekes Tash, Xinjiang
|casus=
|territory=
|result=Republic of China victory
|combatant1= {{flagicon|Republic of China (1912–1949)}} Republic of China
- {{flagicon|Republic of China (1912–1949)|army}} New 36th Division
|combatant2= {{flagicon|First East Turkestan Republic}} First East Turkestan Republic
|commander1= {{flagicon|Republic of China (1912–1949)|army}} Ma Zhancang
|commander2= {{flagicon|First East Turkestan Republic}} Nur Ahmad Jan Bughra
{{flagicon|First East Turkestan Republic}} Abdullah Bughra
{{flagicon|First East Turkestan Republic}} Osman Ali (Kirghiz)
|strength1=Several hundred Chinese muslim troops
|strength2=Several hundred Turkic muslim Uighur and Kirghiz fighters
|casualties1=Light
|casualties2=200
}}
{{Campaignbox Kumul rebellion|state = expanded }}
The Battle of Sekes Tash ({{zh|t=賽克孜塔什戰役}}) of 1933 was a minor battle in which New 36th Division troops under General Ma Zhancang attacked and defeated Uighur and Kirghiz armies at Sekes Tesh.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IAs9AAAAIAAJ&q=sekes+tash+|title=Warlords and Muslims in Chinese Central Asia: A Political History of Republican Sinkiang 1911–1949|author=Andrew D. W. Forbes|year=1986|publisher=CUP Archive|location=Cambridge, England|isbn=0-521-25514-7|page=95|accessdate=2010-06-28}}
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Category:East Turkestan independence movement
Category:Battles of the Kumul Rebellion
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