So, Hong Xiuquan gets a ''vision of the prophet'' instead.
How would the ensuing violent patterns diver?
Or ave I set of any impossibility alarms?
How would the ensuing violent patterns diver?
Or ave I set of any impossibility alarms?
For this to happen Islam needs to be more evangelistic in China.
As revivalist protestantism was very evangelistic in China around Hong Xiquan's time.
the Hui rebelled in OTL as well, and that didn't make a difference. furthermore, ITTL the Europeans (UK, France, Dutch maybe) will provide even more aid to the Qing, because they would rather prop them up than see the rise of a Muslim dynasty, so I can't see the Qing being overthrown.The Hui had suffered much oppression under the Qing which, along with the underlying conditions that led to the Taiping Rebellion being so widespread, caused them to revolt. If the Taiping Rebellion is led by a Muslim, even a pseudo-Muslim, then the Hui are likely to join in, which could easily lead to the fall of the Qing dynasty, although, those most likely to benefit from this are the European colonial powers.
I don't see why they'd be paticulalry worried by a Muslim dynasty....
the Hui rebelled in OTL as well, and that didn't make a difference. furthermore, ITTL the Europeans (UK, France, Dutch maybe) will provide even more aid to the Qing, because they would rather prop them up than see the rise of a Muslim dynasty, so I can't see the Qing being overthrown.
IIRC Hong was incredibly anti-western and anti-foreign influence (and anti-Confucian as well), so the western powers knew that if Hong would win, they would have a stronger china that would be anti-Christian and also much less receptive to British monopolies on the opium and other trades. Hong would eliminate the Opium trade entirely, costing the British a fortune. they would do anything to keep the money flowing.same here - {in} India {it} wasn't a concern, after all.
those provinces were not 100% Hui though, I don't think. Hong would have more than enough on his plate battling Qing, the Nien, and the warlords in the Heavenly Kingdom who would disagree with him, so the rebellion would not get as much support.Indeed they did, however, there was no coordination between the Hui and the Taiping. If Hong Xiuquan thinks of himself as a Muslim, then he would likely attempt to raise the Hui in rebellion as well, thus securing Gansu, Xinjiang and Shaanxi for the Taiping.
Those provinces were not 100% Hui though, I don't think. Hong would have more than enough on his plate battling Qing, the Nien, and the warlords in the Heavenly Kingdom who would disagree with him, so the rebellion would not get as much support.