The First Battle of Urumqi was a conflict in the spring of 1933 between the armies of the Xinjiang provincial government and the Chinese Muslim 36th Division (National Revolutionary Army) of the national government of China. The Chinese government secretly urged Gen. Ma Zhongying to attack Jin Shuren while at the same time assuring Jin that he was recognized as the legitimate Governor. Fierce fighting broke out at the gates of the city, and one of the Chinese commanders torched a street where the Muslims troops had managed to break through at the West Gate, killing everyone in the vicinity, including refugees. The Muslims were then forced to retreat into the range of machine gun fire, which killed many of them.