Ma Mingxin's descendant was Ma Yuanzhang. When
Agui defeated Su Forty-three and the New teaching in the
Jahriyya revolt of 1781, The family of Ma Mingxin was exiled to Yunnan. where they lived in the western Muslim community, converting the Yunnan Muslims to the Jahriyya sect. Ma Yuanzhang's father, Ma Shilin, travelled from Yunnan to Ningxia to visit
Ma Hualong two times. After
Du Wenxiu rebelled in the
Panthay Rebellion, Ma Shilin joined him as a garrison commander and civil official. He defended Donggouzhai fort a year against Qing, and then committed suicide. Ma Shilin's son Ma Yuanzhang and his other sons went to
Sichuan. Ma Yuanzhang searched for surviving children of
Ma Hualong. Few of Ma Hualong's family survived the massacre at Jinjipu. Two of his grandsons, Ma Jincheng and
Ma Jinxi, were sentenced to
castration upon reaching the age of 12. Ma Jincheng ended his days as a
eunuch slave in
Kaifeng in 1890, although the new Jahriyya leader, Ma Yuanzhang (the 1850s - 1920), managed to secretly provide him with some support until his death. The younger grandson, Ma Jinxi, was spirited away, intact, from his
Xi'an confinement by Ma Yuanzhang, and was hidden at a
Hui household in
Hangzhou. Many years later, Ma Yuanzhang managed to obtain a pardon for Ma Jinxi, and Ma Hualong's grandson returned to Ningxia. A split within the Jahriyya followed, with some members becoming followers of Ma Jinxi, and others holding for Ma Yuanzhang (who claimed descent from the order's founder
Ma Mingxin, and was also related to Ma Hualong's family through his marriage). Ma Yuanzhang commanded
Jahriyya militia against the
Bai Lang Rebellion. He and
Ma Fuxiang became enemies after Ma Fuxiang was angry that Ma Yuanzhang refused to help him remove
Zhang Guangjian as governor of
Gansu and telegraphed Beijing that Zhang should remain as governor. Ma Fuxiang and other Gansu Generals believed a native of Gansu should be governor. Ma Yuanzhang was treated with extreme respect by his adherents; he was nicknamed the "New Prophet", and his residence considered a "sanctuary". In 1913 the revolt of Tömür Khälphä in Qumul was crushed by
Yang Zengxin with the help of the Turpan-based Ma Yuanzhang's religious representative "ra'is" Jin Yunlun 金云仑. Ma Yuanzhang and his son were then crushed to death during the
1920 Haiyuan earthquake on December 16, 1920 in the Mosque he was in near Zhangjiachuan. ==Family==