1862年,陕西,甘肃爆发的中国回民起义,在1863～1864年期间曾波及到天山南北,这说明1860年以前分布在新疆各地的中国回民已有了相当的势力。新疆的回民,可能是在18世纪30年代清朝将准噶尔势力驱逐到吐鲁番盆地以西之后,自1760年开始逐渐从 In 1862, the Chinese Muslim uprisings broke out in Shaanxi and Gansu provinces from north to south of Tianshan Mountains between 1863 and 1864, indicating that there are considerable Chinese Muslims who were distributed throughout Xinjiang before 1860. The Muslims in Xinjiang may have evolved from the 1760s after the Ch’ing Dynasty expelled Junggar forces to the west of the Turpan Basin in the 1830s