马麟, 馬麟
Ma Lin"s father Ma Haiyan fought in the Boxer Rebellion at the Battle of Langfang and died of natural causes in 1900. Ma Lin defeated Ma Ting-hsiang (Ma Tingxiang). During his administration over Qinghai, the Sino–Tibetan War broke out in 1932.
Ma Lin"s personal representative was Chao Pei-lei.
Ma Lin held the position of Civil Governor, while Ma Bufang was military Governor. They feuded with and disliked each other.
Ma Lin worked in the governor"s yamen during his reign. His secretary was named Feng.
Ma Bufang made his position untenous and unbearable until Ma Lin resigned from power by making the Hajj to Mecca.
Ma Lin"s next position was to be part of the National Government Committee. In an interview Ma Lin was described as having "high admiration and unwavering loyalty to Chiang Kai-shek", and was interested in the progress of the anti Japanese war. He was reported to be pious and his family mosque was in good shape.
He went on a Hajj to Mecca.
He died on 26 January 1945. Ma Lin"s eldest son Ma Burong (Ma Pu-jung) 馬步榮 defected to the Communists after 1949 and donated 10,000 Yuan to support Chinese troops in the Korean War.
He had another son, Ma Buyuan (Ma Pu-yüan) 馬步援.