Qing reconquest of Xinjiang

Qing reconquest of Xinjiang
Date 1876–1877 Location Xinjiang Result Qing victory Territorial changes Xinjiang returned to the Qing Empire
Belligerents
Qing dynasty	Yettishar (Kokandi Uzbek Andijanis under Yaqub Beg)
Commanders and leaders
Zuo Zongtang Liu Jintang Ma Anliang Cui Wei Hua Decai	Yaqub Beg † Bai Yanhu
Units involved
Han Chinese Xiang Army Khufiyya Sufi Hui Muslims (Dungans) from Gansu Gedimu Sunni Hui Muslims from Shaanxi[1]	Kokandi Uzbek Andijanis

The Qing reconquest of Xinjiang (Chinese: 清軍收復新疆之戰) was the event when the Qing dynasty reconquered Xinjiang after the Dungan Revolt in the late 19th century. After a century of Qing rule, the Uzbek adventurer Yakub Beg conquered almost all of Xinjiang during the revolt, but was eventually defeated by the Qing General Zuo Zongtang (also known as General Tso). Furthermore, Qing China recovered the Gulja region through diplomatic negotiations with the Russian Empire and the Treaty of Saint Petersburg in 1881. Xinjiang was converted into a province in 1884.