Du Wenxiu
The rebels captured the city of Dali, which became the base for their operations, and they declared themselves a separate political entity from China. The rebels identified their nation as Pingnan Guo (Ping-nan Kuo; ); their leader Sulayman ibn `Abd ar-Rahman, known as Du Wenxiu [originally Yang Xiu (杨秀)] (died 1873) was styled "Qa´id Jami al-Muslimin" ('Leader of the Community of Muslims', but usually referred to in foreign sources as Sultan) and ruled 185626December 1872.