(modern estimate) 120–200,000 (primary source)[4] In Xunhua, Qinghai, masses of Hui, Dongxiang, Bao'an, and Salars were incited to revolt against the Qing by the Multicoloured Mosque leader Ma Yonglin.
Soldiers were ordered to destroy the rebels by Brigadier General Tang Yanhe.
In Hezhou, Didao, and Xunhua they directed their adherents to join the rebellion.
Estimates of total deaths during the Cultural Revolution generally range from 500,000 to 2,000,000.
[58] Some Chinese researchers have estimated that at least 300,000 people were killed in massacres during the Cultural Revolution.