The Ma clique (traditional Chinese: 馬家軍; simplified Chinese: 马家军; pinyin: Mǎ Jiājūn; literally "Ma family army") was a family of warlords who ruled the Chinese provinces of Qinghai, Gansu and Ningxia from the 1910's until 1949. Pinyin, more formally Hanyu pinyin, is the most common Standard Mandarin Romanization system in use A warlord is a person with power who has military control over a subnational area due to Armed forces loyal to the warlord and not to a central authority A province, in the context of China, is a translation of sheng ( which is an administrative division (青海 qīnghǎi is a province of the People's Republic of China, named after Qinghai Lake. ( is a province located in the northwest of the People's Republic of China. Ningxia ( Postal map spelling: Ningsia full name Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region ( is a Hui autonomous region of the People's Republic The three most prominent warlords were Ma Bufang, Ma Hongkui, and Ma Hongbin, collectively known as the Xibei San Ma (lit. Ma Bufang ( Chinese: 馬步芳 1903&ndash1975 was a prominent Ma clique Warlord in China during the Republic of China era ruling the northwestern Ma Hongkui 馬鴻逵 (1892-1970 was a prominent Warlord in China during the Republic of China era ruling the northwestern province of Ningxia. Ma Hongbin 馬鴻賓 (b 1884 Linxia Gansu, China - d October 21, 1960, Lanzhou, Gansu) was a prominent Muslim Three Mas of the Northwest); other prominent Ma's included Ma Qi, Ma Lin, and Ma Zhongying. Ma Qi, 馬麒 (1869 - 1931 was a warlord in early 20th century China Ma Lin (1873 – January 26 1945) chairman of the government of Qinghai (1931–38 brother of Ma Qi. Ma Chung-ying (Ma Zhongying zh 马仲英 (ca 1910 - 1936? aka 'Big Horse' was a Chinese Muslim, and The Three Mas took control of the region during the Warlord Era, siding first with the Guominjun and then the Kuomintang; they fought against the Red Army during the Long March and the Japanese during the Second Sino-Japanese War. The Warlord era is the period in the History of the Republic of China, from 1916 to the late-1930s when the country was divided among military cliques, a division The Guominjun ( aka Nationalist Army, KMC, or Northwest Army, refers to the military faction founded by Feng Yuxiang, Hu Jingyi The Long March ( was a massive Military retreat undertaken by the Red Armies of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP the forerunner of the People's Liberation The Second Sino-Japanese War ( July 7, 1937 to September 9, 1945) was a major war fought between the Republic of China and the
During the final stages of the Chinese Civil War, they fought for the Kuomintang side until the communists emerged victorious and established a unified Chinese state (the People's Republic of China) in 1949. Talk People's Republic of China) PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA ARTICLE GUIDELINES Upon the arrival of communist forces, Ma Hongbin defected to the communists. He was named vice-chairman (later restyled vice-governor) of Gansu province. ( is a province located in the northwest of the People's Republic of China. He died in Lanzhou in 1960. Lanzhou ( Postal map spelling: Lanchow is a Prefecture-level city and capital of Gansu province in northwestern China. Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Ma Hongkui fled with the Kuomintang to Taiwan. Ma Hongkui 馬鴻逵 (1892-1970 was a prominent Warlord in China during the Republic of China era ruling the northwestern province of Ningxia. Taiwan ( Taiwanese: Tâi-oân/Tāi-oân (historically 大灣/台員/大員/台圓/大圓/台窩灣 is an Island in East Asia. Accused of "frustrating the fulfillment of the military plan" by the Control Yuan, as he failed to defeat the Communist forces in his defense area, he then moved to Los Angeles, in the United States, where he died on January 14, 1970. The Control Yuan (監察院 Pinyin: Jiānchá Yùan one of five branches of the Republic of China government in Taipei, is a watchdog agency that monitors Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Events 1129 - Formal approval of the Order of the Templar at the Council of Troyes. Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Ma Bufang fled to Chongqing then Hong Kong. Ma Bufang ( Chinese: 馬步芳 1903&ndash1975 was a prominent Ma clique Warlord in China during the Republic of China era ruling the northwestern Chongqing ( Postal map spelling: Chungking; Wade-Giles: Ch'ung-ch'ing) is the largest and most populous of the People's Republic of China Hong Kong ( officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, is a territory located on China 's south coast on the Pearl River Delta, and borders In the October, Chiang Kai-shek urged him to return to the Northwest to resist PLA, and he fled to Saudi Arabia with more than 200 relatives and subordinates, in the name of hajj. Chiang Kai-shek ( POJ: Chiúⁿ Kài-se̍k Jyutping: zoeng2gaai3sek6 GCB ( October 31, 1887 &ndash The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, KSA ( المملكة العربية السعودية, al-Mamlaka al-ʻArabiyya as-Suʻūdiyya) or Suudi The Hajj (حج is a pilgrimage to Mecca (Makkah It is the largest annual pilgrimage in the world
The Ma's were all ethnic Hui from Northwestern China, distinguished by their adherence to Islam. The Hui people ( Xiao'erjing: حُوِ ذَو) are a Chinese ethnic group, typically distinguished by their practice of Islam. For other meanings including people named 'Islam' see Islam (disambiguation.