The Panthay RebellionThe Panthay Rebellion of 1856 1873 held the armies of the Qing dynasty at bay for nearly two decades. This account by David Atwill offers a remarkable panorama of the cosmopolitan frontier society from which the rebellion sprang. The rebel leader, Du Wenxiu, took the name of Sultan Suleiman, established a Muslim court at the ancient city of Dali, and sought to unite the population against Manchu rule, with considerable success at a time when the Qing