12 Facts About Dzungar Khanate

Dzungar Khanate, written as the Zunghar Khanate, was an Inner Asian khanate of Oirat Mongol origin.

The core of the Dzungar Khanate is today part of northern Xinjiang, called Dzungaria.

The Dzungar Khanate rulers used the title of Khong Tayiji, which translates into English as "crown prince".

Dzungar Khanate then entered Central Tibet, where he received from the 5th Dalai Lama the title of Bstan-'dzin Choskyi Rgyal-po .

Dzungar Khanate then claimed the title of Khan, the first non-Genghisid Mongol to do so, and summoned the Oirats to completely conquer Tibet, creating the Khoshut Khanate.

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Dzungar Khanate was succeeded by his son who ruled from only a brief period before Ismail Khan was enthroned.

Dzungar Khanate was defeated in the ensuing Battle of Jao Modo near the upper Tuul River.

Dzungar Khanate continued the war against the Kazakhs and the Kalkha Mongols.

Dzungar Khanate was overthrown by his cousin Dawachi and the Khoid noble Amursana, but they too fought over control of the khanate.

Wei Yuan wrote that about 40 percent of the Dzungar Khanate households were killed by smallpox, 20 percent fled to Russia or Kazakh tribes, and 30 percent were killed by Manchu bannermen.

Dzungar Khanate's commanders were reluctant to carry out his orders, which he repeated several times using the term jiao over and over again.

Under Galdan, the Dzungar Khanate pioneered the local manifestation of the 'Military Revolution' in Central Eurasia after perfecting a process of manufacturing indigenously created gunpowder weapons.