Hu Dahai
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Hu Dahai was a muslim General of the Ming Dynasty, one of the founding generals (along with Chang Yuchun).
It is known that when Zhu Yuanzhang overthrew Yuan dynasty, many of his soldiers and officers were moslems.[1] Most known of them were generals Chang Yuchun and Hu Dahai. At the end of Ming dynasty there was Ma Shouying in Shaanxi province. His nickname was "lao huihui" ("old moslem"), and nickname of his detachment was "lao huihui ying" ("battalion of old moslem"). They went through battles to North-West and joined to Cao Wangli's rebellion.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ Jonathan Lipman, Familiar Strangers, a history of Muslims in Northwest China, 39
- ^ http://cclib.nsu.ru/projects/satbi/satbi-e/martart/wushu/moslems/index.html
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