Home›Sources›The Chinese Sultanate: Islam, Ethnicity, and the Panthay Rebellion in Southwest China, 1856-1873SourcesThe Chinese Sultanate: Islam, Ethnicity, and the Panthay Rebellion in Southwest China, 1856-1873David G. Atwill, Stanford University Press, 2005Citation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "The Chinese Sultanate: Islam, Ethnicity, and the Panthay Rebellion in Southwest China, 1856-1873." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://www.divinityatlas.com/sources/atwill-the-chinese-sultanate.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). The Chinese Sultanate: Islam, Ethnicity, and the Panthay Rebellion in Southwest China, 1856-1873. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://www.divinityatlas.com/sources/atwill-the-chinese-sultanateCopy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-the-chinese-sultanate-islam-ethnicity-an, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {The Chinese Sultanate: Islam, Ethnicity, and the Panthay Rebellion in Southwest China, 1856-1873}, year = {2026}, url = {https://www.divinityatlas.com/sources/atwill-the-chinese-sultanate}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXDavid Atwill's academic history of the Panthay Rebellion and Du Wenxiu's Pingnan state in Yunnan province, the first English language monograph devoted to the episode, reading it through Yunnan's own multiethnic society rather than filtering it through the political and military lens of the Qing imperial center, based on Chinese, Yunnanese and Western archival sources.FactsCross-Tradition ConnectionsSourcesClaims Backed By This Source (32 claims)Comments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)FactsCitationAuthorWell-attestedDavid G. Atwill 1PublisherWell-attestedStanford University Press 1Publication YearWell-attested2005 1Source TypeWell-attestedacademic monograph 1AssessmentReliability TierWell-attested1 1The standard academic monograph on the Panthay Rebellion, the first English language history devoted to Du Wenxiu's state, based on Chinese, Yunnanese and Western archival sources and widely cited in the scholarship on Sino-Muslim history.Cross-Tradition ConnectionsAssociated WithYunnan, Regions Well-attested This source names Yunnan directly: "and Du Wenxiu's Pingnan state in Yunnan province, the first English language monograph devoted to the episode, reading it through Yunnan's own multiethnic society rather than filtering it through..."Source Divinity Atlas Original Articles, Second Editiontier 1Sources1. Divinity Atlas Original Articles, Second Editiontier 1Claims Backed By This Source (32 claims)This source backs 32 claims across the atlas. As facts: 23 well-attested, 1 scholarly debate. As cited relationships: 1 holds, 3 connected. Plus 4 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.Disposition By TopicArticles, 14 claims: 10 well-attested, 2 connected, 2 general references.Wars & Conflicts, 11 claims: 7 well-attested, 1 scholarly debate, 1 holds, 1 connected, 1 general references.Open Questions, 7 claims: 6 well-attested, 1 general references.Well-attested23ArticlesA Toll Confounded by Plague and a Disputed Reading of ReligionDu Wenxiu's Pingnan Guo and the Fall of DaliOpen QuestionsWhat Was the Death Toll of the Panthay Rebellion?Wars & ConflictsPanthay RebellionScholarly debate1Wars & ConflictsPanthay RebellionHolds1Wars & ConflictsPanthay RebellionConnected3ArticlesA Toll Confounded by Plague and a Disputed Reading of ReligionDu Wenxiu's Pingnan Guo and the Fall of DaliWars & ConflictsPanthay RebellionGeneral References4ArticlesA Toll Confounded by Plague and a Disputed Reading of ReligionDu Wenxiu's Pingnan Guo and the Fall of DaliOpen QuestionsWhat Was the Death Toll of the Panthay Rebellion?Wars & ConflictsPanthay RebellionComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year