Dzungar Khanate

The Dzungar Khanate, also known as the Zunghar or Junggar Khanate, was the last nomadic empire of Oirat Mongol origin, founded around 1634 and dissolved in 1758. Based in Dzungaria, its territory at its greatest extent stretched from southern Siberia to Tibet, and from west of Mongolia and the Great Wall of China to Kazakhstan. The Dzungars, led by rulers using the title Khong Tayiji, conquered the Tarim Basin between 1680 and 1688 and briefly conquered Tibet in 1717. The Qing dynasty defeated the Dzungars in 1696 and again in 1720, eventually conquering Dzungaria between 1755 and 1758 during a Dzungar civil war.