Ma Hualong () (died March 2, 1871), was the fifth leader (, ''jiaozhu'') of the
Jahriyya
Jahriyya (also spelled Jahrīya or Jahriyah) is a ''menhuan'' (Sufi order) in China, commonly called the New Teaching (''Xinjiao''). Founded in the 1760s by Ma Mingxin, it was active in the late 18th and 19th centuries in what was then Gansu Prov ...
, a
Sufi order
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menhuan
Menhuan () is a term used by the Hui and Uyghur Muslim populations of China to indicate a Chinese Ṣūfī '' ṭarīḳa'' ("order" or "saintly lineage"). The leaders of a ''menhuan'', which usually are Ṣūfī Muslim '' murs̲h̲id'' ("mas ...
'') in northwestern China.
[Dillon (1999), pp. 124-126]
From the beginning of the anti-
Qing
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Muslim Rebellion
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in 1862, and until his surrender and death in 1871, he was one of the main leaders of the rebellion.
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Biography
Ma Hualong became the leader of the Jahriyya ca. 1849,[ succeeding the '']menhuan
Menhuan () is a term used by the Hui and Uyghur Muslim populations of China to indicate a Chinese Ṣūfī '' ṭarīḳa'' ("order" or "saintly lineage"). The leaders of a ''menhuan'', which usually are Ṣūfī Muslim '' murs̲h̲id'' ("mas ...
s fourth ''shaykh'', Ma Yide (late 1770s - 1849). Although the Jahriyya had been originally created by Ma Mingxin
Ma Mingxin (1719–1781) () was a Chinese Sufi master, the founder of the Jahriyya ''menhuan'' (Naqshbandi Sufi order).