Chinese expedition to Tibet (1720)

Qing empire expedition to Tibet (1720)
	Part of Dzungar–Qing War
	; "General of settle the distant" enter Lhasa during the expedition.
Date	1720
Location	Tibet
Result	Qing conquest of Tibet; Dzungars expelled from Tibet
Belligerents
Qing Empire; Polhanas (ally of Qing); Kangchennas (ally of Qing)	Dzungar Khanate
Commanders and leaders
Yinzheng, Kangxi's fourteenth son, commander-in-chief; Kangxi Emperor; Yue Zhongqi (descendant of Yue Fei); Polhané Sönam Topgyé; Khangchenné	Tagtsepa
Strength
Eight Banners; Green Standard Army	Dzungars

The 1720 Chinese expedition to Tibet (Chinese: 驅準保藏; lit. 'Expel the Dzungars to preserve Tibet'^[3]) or the Chinese conquest of Tibet in 1720^[4] was a military expedition sent by the Qing dynasty to expel the invading forces of the Dzungar Khanate from Tibet and establish Qing rule over the region, which lasted until the empire's fall in 1912.

^ Dai, Yingcong (1 July 2011). The Sichuan Frontier and Tibet: Imperial Strategy in the Early Qing. University of Washington Press. p. 81. ISBN 978-0-295-80070-7. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
^ Yingcong Dai (2009). The Sichuan Frontier and Tibet: Imperial Strategy in the Early Qing. University of Washington Press. pp. 82–. ISBN 978-0-295-98952-5.
^ 孔令偉. "西藏為何重要？──從清朝對西藏、喜馬拉雅與印度的情報蒐集談起" (in Chinese (Taiwan)). 中研院歷史語言研究所.
^ China Marches West: The Qing Conquest of Central Eurasia, by Peter C Perdue, p623

[1] Dai, Yingcong (1 July 2011). The Sichuan Frontier and Tibet: Imperial Strategy in the Early Qing. University of Washington Press. p. 81. ISBN 978-0-295-80070-7. Retrieved 3 August 2024.

[Dai2009-2] Yingcong Dai (2009). The Sichuan Frontier and Tibet: Imperial Strategy in the Early Qing. University of Washington Press. pp. 82–. ISBN 978-0-295-98952-5.

[3] 孔令偉. "西藏為何重要？──從清朝對西藏、喜馬拉雅與印度的情報蒐集談起" (in Chinese (Taiwan)). 中研院歷史語言研究所.

[4] China Marches West: The Qing Conquest of Central Eurasia, by Peter C Perdue, p623

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