Battle of Yangi Hissar

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| conflict = Battle of Yangi Hissar

| partof = the Kumul Rebellion

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| date = April 1934

| place = Yangi Hissar, Xinjiang

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| result = Republic of China victory

| combatant1 = {{flagicon|Republic of China}} Republic of China

• {{flagicon|Republic of China|army}} New 36th Division

| combatant2 = {{flagicon|First East Turkestan Republic}} First East Turkestan Republic

| commander1 = {{flagicon|Republic of China|army}} Ma Zhancang
{{flagicon|Republic of China|army}} Ma Fuyuan

| commander2 = {{flagicon|First East Turkestan Republic}} Nur Ahmad Jan Bughra{{KIA}}

| strength1 = 10,000 Chinese Muslim troops{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IAs9AAAAIAAJ&q=nur+ahmad+jan%27s+head|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=303|access-date=2010-06-28}}

| strength2 = 2,500 Turkic Muslim Uighur and Kirghiz fighters{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IAs9AAAAIAAJ&q=nur+ahmad+jan%27s+head|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=303|access-date=2010-06-28}}

| casualties1 = Several hundreds

| casualties2 = 2,500 killed, all Uighurs and Kirghiz wiped out

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{{Campaignbox Kumul rebellion}}

The Battle of Yangi Hissar ({{zh|t=英吉沙戰役}}) was a confrontation that took place during the Xinjiang Wars. In April 1934 Gen. Ma Zhancang led the New 36th Division in an attack on Uighur forces at Yangi Hissar, wiping out the entire Uighur force of 2,500{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IAs9AAAAIAAJ&q=nur+ahmad+jan%27s+head|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=303|access-date=2010-06-28}} and killing their leader, Emir Nur Ahmad Jan Bughra.{{cite news |title=Fighting Continues Tungan Troops Still Active in Chinese Turkestan|newspaper=The Montreal Gazette|date=10 May 1934 |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=gr4tAAAAIBAJ&sjid=vZgFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4151,1369553&dq=tungan&hl=en}}{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IAs9AAAAIAAJ&dq=nur+ahmad+jan+ma+chan-ts%27ang+500+defenders&pg=PA245|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=123|access-date=2010-06-28}}

It was reported by Ahmad Kamal, that Nur Ahmad Jan was beheaded by the Chinese Muslim troops and the head was used in a football game at the parade ground.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IAs9AAAAIAAJ&q=nur+ahmad+jan%27s+head|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=303|access-date=2010-06-28}}