Kammala wannan jumlar: An haifi Ma a ƙauyen Hanchiachi, a gundumar Linxia, Gansu. Shi ne dan Ma Fulu wanda ya mutu a 1900 yayin da yake yaki da 'yan kasashen waje a cikin
Yaƙin Peking (1900) a cikin Boxer Rebellion. A matsayinsa na dan uwan Ma Fuxiang, ya bi shi kuma daga baya Feng Yuxiang cikin sojojin. Shi da Ma Fuxiang sun kare aikin Katolika a Sandaohe daga hare-haren Gelaohui, kuma ya sami lambar yabo ta Leopold (Belgium) ("King Leopold decoration") A lokacin wani tashin hankali a Gansu a cikin Yakin Tsakiyar Tsakiya, Ma Tingxiang Janar Musulmi ya kai hari daga Ma Hongbin wanda ke aiki a cikin gwamnatin Feng a Ningxia.