Wang Zi-Ping (d.1973) was a Chinese Muslim and a master of Chinese Martial Arts. He was a follower of the Hanafi jurisprudence. Wang won fights against Russian, American, German, and Japanese martial artists. #TheMuslimArchive

Yusuf Ma Dexin (d. 1874) was a Hui Chinese Hanafi-Maturidi scholar from Yunnan, known for his fluency and proficiency in both Arabic and Persian, and for his knowledge of Islam. He also went by the Chinese name Ma Fuchu. He used the Arabic name Abd al-Qayyum Ruh ad-din Yusuf (عبد القيوم روح الدين يوسف). He was also styled as Mawlana al-Hajj Yusuf Ruh ad-Din Ma Fujuh (مولانا الحاج يوسف روح الدين ما فو جوه). Ma performed the Hajj pilgrimage in 1841. After his time in Makkah, he stayed in the Middle East for another eight years; he first went to Cairo, where he studied at Al-Azhar University, then travelled throughout the Ottoman Empire, going to Suez, Alexandria, Jerusalem, Istanbul, Cyprus, and Rhodes. He apparently produced the first Qur'an translation in Chinese and wrote many books about Islam in the Arabic and Persian language. #MuslimArchive

Imam Shamil al-Dagestani (pictured seated, d.1871) was the leader of Muslim Dagestan and Chechen mountaineers, whose fierce resistance delayed Russia’s conquest of the Caucasus for 25 years. He was also a teacher of the Naqshbandi Sufi tradition. #TheMuslimArchive