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Chiang also supported the Muslim General Ma Zhongying, whom he had trained at Whampoa Military Academy during the Kumul Rebellion, in a Jihad against Jin Shuren, Sheng Shicai, and the Soviet Union during the Soviet Invasion of Xinjiang.

Chiang designated Ma's Muslim army as the 36th Division ( National Revolutionary Army ) and gave his troops Kuomintang flags and uniforms.

Chiang then supported Muslim General Ma Hushan against Sheng Shicai and the Soviet Union in the Xinjiang War ( 1937 ).

All Muslim Generals commissioned by Chiang in the National Revolutionary Army paid alleigance to him.

Several, like Ma Shaowu and Ma Hushan were loyal to Chiang and Kuomintang hardliners.