| Dzungar conquest of Altishahr | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
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Dzungar Khanate Afāqi Āfāqiyya Aq taghliq (White Mountain) Naqshbandi Sufi Khojas (Khwāja) Turfan Khanate Kumul Khanate |
Chagatai Khanate (Yarkent Khanate) Isḥāqi Isḥāqiyya Qara taghliq (Black Mountain) Naqshbandi Sufi Khojas (Khwāja) | ||||||||
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Galdan Boshugtu Khan[1] 5th Dalai Lama Afaq Khoja |
Yarkand Khan Ismā'il Khan (POW) Prince Bābak Sultān † | ||||||||
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120,000 Dzungars Afaqi Turkic followers Turfan and Kumul Turkic soldiers | Chagatai Turkic soldiers | ||||||||
The Dzungar conquest of Altishahr resulted in the Tibetan Buddhist Dzungar Khanate in Dzungaria conquering and subjugating the Genghisid-ruled Yarkent Khanate in Altishahr (the Tarim Basin in southern Xinjiang). It put a final end to the independence of the Chagatai Khanate.