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4 unusual facts about Zunghar Khanate


Chahars

The Qing authority resettled part of them from suburbs of Hohhot and Dolonnur to Ili after the fall of the Zunghar Khanate in c.

Dzungar people

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.

Khoshut

The Khoshuts of the Zunghar Khanate remained influential until the Qing annihilated them in 1755.

Novoselenginsk

In 1688, the ostrog was besieged by the Khalkha Mongols for two months, but they had to withdraw when their main territory was attacked by the Western Mongols.


Tseveenravdan

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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