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Clarke argued that the Qing campaign in 1757–58 "amounted to the complete destruction of not only the Dzungar state but of the Dzungars as a people." [9] After the Qianlong Emperor led Qing forces to victory over the Dzungar Oirat (Western) Mongols in 1755, he originally was going to split the Dzungar Khanate into four tribes headed by four ...
Dzungar leader Amursana. The Qing dynasty went to war against the Dzungars in the Dzungar–Qing War.The Dzungars lived in the area stretching from the west end of the Great Wall of China to present-day eastern Kazakhstan and from present-day northern Kyrgyzstan to southern Siberia (most of which is located in present-day Xinjiang).
The Dzungar Khanate, also known as the Zunghar Khanate or Junggar Khanate, was an Inner Asian khanate of Oirat Mongol origin. At its greatest extent, it covered an area from southern Siberia in the north to present-day Kyrgyzstan in the south, and from the Great Wall of China in the east to present-day Kazakhstan in the west.
Of the ten campaigns, the final destruction of the Dzungars (or Zunghars) [1] was the most significant. The 1755 pacification of Dzungaria and the later suppression of the Revolt of the Altishahr Khojas secured the northern and western boundaries of Xinjiang, eliminated rivalry for control over the Dalai Lama in Tibet, and thereby eliminated any rival influence in Mongolia.
The First Dzungar–Qing War was a military conflict fought from 1687 to 1697 between the Dzungar Khanate and an alliance of the Qing dynasty and the northern Khalkhas, remnants of the Northern Yuan dynasty. The war resulted from a Dzungar attack on the Northern Yuan dynasty based in Outer Mongolia, who were heavily defeated in 1688. Their ...
Amursana (Mongolian ᠠᠮᠤᠷᠰᠠᠨᠠᠭ ᠠ; Chinese: 阿睦爾撒納; 1723 – 21 September 1757) was an 18th-century taishi (太师; 太師) or prince of the Khoit-Oirat tribe that ruled over parts of Dzungaria and Altishahr in present-day northwest China. Known as the last great Oirat hero, Amursana was the last of the Dzungar rulers.
This article's lead section may be too long. Please read the length guidelines and help move details into the article's body. (January 2025) Persecution of Uyghurs in China Part of the Xinjiang conflict Detainees listening to speeches in a camp in Lop County, Xinjiang, April 2017 Xinjiang, highlighted red, shown within China Location Xinjiang, China Date 2014–present Target Uyghurs, Kazakhs ...
Dzungaria [a] (/(d) z ʊ ŋ ˈ ɡ ɛər i ə /; from the Mongolian words züün gar, meaning 'left hand'), also known as Northern Xinjiang or Beijiang, [1] is a geographical subregion in Northwest China that corresponds to the northern half of Xinjiang.