By the 1650s, the preeminent group had become the Oirat Dzungar Khanate, ruled by Galdan Boshugtu Khan.
Mather joined full heartedly in the work, but his specific focus was towards the Mongols.
Tseveenravdan (English name:Tsewang Rabtan; from Tibetan Cêwang Rabdain; died 1727) was a Choros-Oirat prince and the Khong Tayiji of the Zunghar Khanate from 1697 (following the death of his uncle and rival Galdan Boshugtu Khan) until his death in 1727.
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The name Dzungar people, also Zunghar (literally "left hand"), referred to the several Oirat tribes who formed and maintained the Zunghar Khanate in the 17th to 18th century.
Güshi Khan (1582-1655), Khoshut-Oirat prince and leader of the Khoshut Mongol tribe
Dzungar people, sometimes spelled "Jungar" or "Jüün Ghar", the collective identity of several Oirat tribes