Ma Zhanshan
| Ma Zhanshan 馬占山 |
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General Ma Zhanshan
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| Governor of Heilongjiang (1st time) | |
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In office November 1931 – 1933 |
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| Preceded by | Wan Fu-lin |
| Governor of Heilongjiang (2nd time) | |
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In office 1940–1945 |
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| Personal details | |
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November 30, 1885 Huaide (Gongzhuling), Jilin |
| Died | November 29, 1950 (aged 64) Beijing |
| Nationality | Hui |
| Political party | Kuomintang |
| Religion | Gedimu Hanafi Sunni Islam |
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 China
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| Years of service | 1913–1950 |
| Rank | general |
| Commands | General in the National Revolutionary Army |
| Battles/wars | Mukden Incident, Pacification of Manchukuo, Second Sino-Japanese War |
Ma Zhanshan (Ma Chan-shan; simplified Chinese: 马占山; traditional Chinese: 馬占山; pinyin: Mǎ Zhànshān; Wade–Giles: Ma3 Chan4-shan1, Xiao'erjing: ﻣَﺎ جً شً ; November 30, 1885, Huaide (Gongzhuling), Jilin – November 29, 1950, Beijing) was a Chinese Muslim general who initially opposed the Imperial Japanese Army in the invasion of Manchuria, briefly defected to Manchukuo, and then rebelled, and fought against the Japanese in Manchuria and in other parts of China.
Ma was born in Gongzhuling, in Jilin province, in a poor shepherding family,. At the age of 20 he became a security guard of Huaide County. He was promoted to Guard Monitor of the 4th Security Guard Battalion for his good marksmanship and equestrianism, by Wu Junsheng, Commander of Tianhou Road Patrol and Defense Battalion of Mukden in 1908.
According to some western sources Ma Zhanshan was Born in Liaoning in 1887. However most others give it as 1885.
Ma's Muslim name was Muazzam Husain.
Ma Zhanshan was a Chinese Muslim.
In 1913, Ma was appointed as Major and Company Commander of 3rd Company, 3rd Regiment, 2nd Brigade of the Central Cavalry Army in the Army of the Republic of China. In 1920, he was promoted to colonel and followed his patron, warlord Wu Junsheng.
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