The Chinese Sultanate: Islam, Ethnicity, and the Panthay Rebellion in Southwest China, 1856-1873

David G. Atwill

Published by Stanford University Press 2006

The Chinese Sultanate

Islam, Ethnicity, and the Panthay Rebellion in Southwest China, 1856-1873

David G. Atwill

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781503625211

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The Muslim-led Panthay Rebellion was one of five mid-nineteenth-century rebellions to threaten the Chinese imperial court. The Chinese Sultanate begins by contrasting the views of Yunnan held by the imperial center with local and indigenous perspectives, in particular looking at the strong ties the Muslim Yunnanese had with Southeast Asia and Tibet. Traditional interpretations of the rebellion there have emphasized the political threat posed by the Muslim Yunnanese, but no prior study has sought to understand the insurrection in its broader muti-ethnic borderland context. At its core, the book delineates the escalating government support of premeditated massacres of the Hui by Han Chinese and offers the first in-depth examination of the seventeen-year-long rule of the Dali Sultanate.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
List of Maps, Figures, and Tables Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
1. A Mandarin's Tale Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2. South of the Clouds: The World of Nineteenth-Century Yunnan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	11
3. Shades of Islam: The Muslim Yunnanese Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	34
4. Rebellion's Roots: Hanjianism, Han Newcomers, and Non-Han Violence in Yunnan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	48
5. Spiraling Violence: The Rise of Anti-Hui Hostilities Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	64
6. "All the Fish in the Pond": The Kunming Massacre and the Rise of the Panthay Rebellion Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	84
7. Ambiguous Ambitions: Ma Rulong's Road to Power, r86o-r864 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	116
8. Rebellious Visions: Du Wenxiu and the Creation of the Dali Sultanate Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	139
9. Ethereal Deeds: The Struggle to Reclaim Yunnan, r867-r873 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	161
10. Epilogue: The Aftermath of Rebellion Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	185
Chinese Characters Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	191
Abbreviated References Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	195
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	199
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	243
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	261

Language: English
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Audience: College/higher education;
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- Main content: 280
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- Other: 2 tables, 3 figures, 6 maps

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Published: January 21, 2022
ISBN: 9781503625211