Dzungar genocide

Dzungar genocide
Part of the Conquest of Dzungaria
The Battle of Oroi-Jalatu (1756). Chinese general Zhao Hui attacked the Dzungar camp at night, in present Wusu, Xinjiang.
LocationDzungar Khanate (modern-day Dzungaria, Western Mongolia, Kazakhstan, northern Kyrgyzstan, southern Siberia, Xinjiang)
Date1755–1758
TargetDzungars
Attack type
Genocide, mass murder, ethnic cleansing
Deaths420,000[1]–480,000[2] (70%–80% of the Dzungar population, from both warfare and disease)
PerpetratorsQing Eight Banners, Khalkha Mongols, Kazakhs, Uyghur and Hui rebels

The Dzungar genocide (Chinese: 準噶爾滅族; pinyin: Zhǔngáěr mièzú) was the killing of the Mongol Dzungar people by the Qing dynasty.[3] The Qianlong Emperor started the genocide in 1755. The emperor started the genocide because the Dzungar leader Amursana started a rebellion against Qing rule. The genocide was started by Manchu generals of the Qing army. The genocide was supported by the "Turkic oasis dwellers" (now called the Uyghurs) .

The Dzungar Khanate was a group of many Tibetan Buddhist Oirat Mongol tribes. These tribes formed in the early 17th century. They were the last great nomadic empire in Asia. Some scholars say that 80% of the Dzungar population(500,000 to 800,000 people) were killed from war or disease from the Qing conquest in 1755–1757.[2][4] After the genocide, the Qing government then put Han, Hui, Uyghur, and Sibe people on state farms in Dzungaria.

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Citations

  1. ↑ Perdue 2009, p. 285.
  2. 1 2 Clarke 2004, p. 37.
  3. ↑ Klimeš, Ondřej (8 January 2015). Struggle by the Pen: The Uyghur Discourse of Nation and National Interest, c.1900-1949. BRILL. pp. 27–. ISBN 978-90-04-28809-6.
  4. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 19 February 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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