Moving Muslims: the great northwestern rebellion and the transformation of Chinese Islam, 1860-1896 by Theaker, HR

“…The reconstruction process that followed the Great Northwestern Muslim Rebellion (1860-1874) was a highly ambitious project of social engineering that strove not to resurrect the antebellum order, but to transform the entire northwest. Governor-General Zuo Zongtang proposed the resettlement of thousands of Chinese Muslims (Hui) away from their Han Chinese neighbours, on the grounds that separating the two groups was the only way to ensure that violence would not reoccur.…”