Chinese imam
Ma Wanfu (Xiao'erjing : ﻣَﺎ وًا ﻓُﻮْ ; 1849–1934), also known as Hajji Guoyuan (果园哈只 ),[1] was a Dongxiang Imam of Guoyuan village (果园村 ) in Hezhou (present day Dongxiang Autonomous County in Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture , Gansu Province ). He studied in Mecca and founded[2] the Ikhwan (Yihewani 伊赫瓦尼) movement in 1888, also known as the "New Sect" (Chinese Xinjiao pai , 新教派 or Xinxinjiao , 新新教), spreading in Gansu , Ningxia and Qinghai . He (along with the Yihewani movement) opposed Sufism .[3]
Life
Ma Wanfu supported the Dungan revolt (1895–1896) against the Qing Dynasty , along with Ma Dahan and Ma Yonglin , but the rebellion was crushed by Chinese Muslim Hui forces led by Dong Fuxiang , Ma Anliang , Ma Fuxiang , Ma Fulu and Ma Guoliang. Ma Wanfu surrendered, betraying the fellow Dongxiang rebel leader Ma Dahan.[4] [5]
In 1915, Ma Anliang and Yang Zengxin arrested and attempted to execute Ma Wanfu, when Ma Qi rescued him as he was being shipped to execution and brought him to Xining .[6] [7]
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