Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Ma akaberekerwa mumusha weHanchiachi, muLinxia County, Gansu. Akanga ari mwanakomana waMa Fulu uyo akafa muna 1900 achirwisana nevatorwa mu
Hondo yePeking (1900) muKupandukira kwevaBhokisi. Somuzukuru waMa Fuxiang, akamutevera uye gare gare Feng Yuxiang muuto. Iye naMa Fuxiang vakachengetedza basa reKaturike muSandaohe kubva pakurwiswa neGelaohui, uye akagamuchira Order yaLeopold (Belgium) ("King Leopold decoration") Munguva yekumukira muGansu muCentral Plains War, mukuru wechiMuslim Ma Tingxiang akarwiswa naMa Hongbin uyo aishanda muhurumende yaFeng muNingxia.