Dungan

divergent variety of Central Plains Mandarin spoken in Central Asia

ethnic group

Central Asian noodle dish

Muslim minority revolt against Qing dynasty China

thumb|upright=0.8|Ma Hushan in 1937 Tunganistan (or Dunganistan) is an exonym for the territory in southern Xinjiang administered by the New 36th Division of the National Revolutionary Army from 1934 to 1937, amidst the Chinese Civil War in China proper. The New 36th Division consisted almost exclusively of Hui Muslim soldiers and was led by the Hui Muslim warlord Ma Hushan. At the time, the Hui were known as the "Tunganis" in Western literature, hence the name "Tunganistan".

ethnic conflict between Dungans and Kazakhs in Kazakhstan

Rebellion of Chinese Muslim ethnic groups against the Qing dynasty