Ma Fuxing

Ma Fuxing 馬福興
Tao-yin of Kashgar
In office 1916–1924
Succeeded by	Ma Shaowu
Personal details
Born	1864 Yunnan
Died	1924 Kashgar, Xinjiang
Nationality	Chinese Muslim
Political party	Xinjiang clique
Spouse(s)	Harem of Wives
Children	Many
Religion	Sunni Islam
Military service
Allegiance	Qing dynasty Republic of China
Years of service	1916–1924
Rank	Military commander
Unit	Kansu Braves, Kashgar Garrison
Commands	Military commander
Battles/wars	Boxer Rebellion, Xinhai Revolution in Xinjiang

Ma Fuxing
Traditional Chinese	馬福興
Simplified Chinese	马福兴
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Mǎ Fúxīng other Mandarin Xiao'erjing ﻣَﺎ ﻓُﻮْ سٍ

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Ma.

Ma Fuxing (Ma Fu-hsing in Wade Giles; 1864–1924) was a Hui born in Yunnan, in Qing dynasty China. He was an ex-convict. During Yang Zengxin's reign in Xinjiang, Ma was appointed as a military commander, and then Titai of Kashgar.

Ma Fuxing served as a general for the Qing dynasty. He joined the Kansu Braves during the Boxer Rebellion, under the command of general Ma Fulu and battled against the foreign forces during the Siege of the International Legations (Boxer Rebellion) and Battle of Peking.

After the fall of the Qing dynasty, he started working for Yang Zengxin and recruited Dungan troops for him in 1911, and was posted in 1916 to Kashgar. In 1924 Yang intercepted some correspondence between Ma and the Zhili clique and became suspicious.

Ma Fuxing was appointed as the commander of 2,000 Hui soldiers by Yang Zengxin.

Reign

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Ma Fuxing after being shot.

His reign was notorious for its repressiveness and his excesses. Ma Fuxing kept a harem of Uighur wives, and a hay cutting machine for severing the limbs of his victims. The limbs were put on display along with notices on why they were severed on the city walls. He also established government monopolies over industries such as petroleum, and made people purchase paraffin wax. Ma Fuxing also demanded that people call him padishah, which meant king.

Downfall

Yang Zengxin decided that Ma's excesses were too great, and sent Ma Shaowu, another Hui military commander, to attack and replace him. Ma Shaowu attacked Ma Fuxing, and then personally executed him by shooting him after receiving a telegram from Yang Zengxin. Ma Fuxing's body was tied to a cross to be put on display. Ma Shaowu then was appointed Daotai of Kashgar.

See also

• Xinjiang clique
• Ma clique
• Yang Zengxin
• Ma Shaowu
• Kashgar