during the panthay revolt, peace negotiations were held by zhejiang and sichuan hui muslims who were invited by the qing to yunnan in 1858 and they were not involved in the revolt. the qing dynasty did not massacre muslims who surrendered, the muslim general ma rulong, who surrendered and join the qing campaign to crush the rebel muslims, was promoted, and among yunnan's military officers serving the qing, he was the strongest. the qing armies left alone muslims who did not revolt like in yunnan's northeast prefecture of zhaotong where there was a big muslim population density after the war.