Ma Shenglin
Chinese general
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| Intro | Chinese general | |
| Places | China | |
| is | Military personnel | |
| Work field | Military | |
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| Birth | Yunnan, People's Republic of China | |
| Death | 1 January 1871 |
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Ma Shenglin was a Hui Jahriyya Sufi rebel who fought against the Qing dynasty in the Panthay Rebellion.
In the late 1860s, when Qing loyalist Muslim General Ma Rulong led the reconquest western Yunnan, Ma Shenglin defended town of Greater Donggou against Ma Rulong’s army in a battle of in central Yunnan. Ma Shenglin was a Jahriyya order leader in Yunnan and a rebel commander. Mortar fire killed Ma in 1871.
Ma Shenglin was the great uncle of Ma Shaowu, a descendant of Ma Mingxin, and a relative of Ma Yuanzhang.