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Zuo Zongtang

1812–1885 · 19th century

Zuo Zongtang (1812–1885) was a Chinese statesman and general of the late Qing dynasty. He helped suppress the Taiping Rebellion, founded the Fuzhou Navy Yard and crushed the Dungan revolt in Shaanxi and Gansu. From 1876 he led the Qing reconquest of Xinjiang from Yaqub Beg's Yettishar, after which Xinjiang was made a province in 1884.

Zuo Zongtang
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