Timeline of Xinjiang under Qing rule

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Map showing wars between Qing dynasty and Dzungar Khanate

This is a timeline of the Xinjiang under the rule of the Qing dynasty.

Contents

17th century

1690s

YearDateEvent
1697ʿAbdu l-Lāh Tarkhān Beg rebels against the Dzungar Khanate in Hami [1]
1698 Qing dynasty occupies Hami [2]

18th century

1720s

YearDateEvent
1720Amin Khoja leads a rebellion in Turpan against the Dzungar Khanate and defects to the Qing dynasty [2]

1730s

YearDateEvent
1732 Dzungar Khanate attacks Amin Khoja, who takes his people to settle in Guazhou [2]
1737Abuse by the Dzungars cause residents of the Tarim Basin to flee to the Qing dynasty [1]

1750s

YearDateEvent
1755 Dzungar–Qing Wars : ʿAbdu l-Lāh Tarkhān Beg, Amin Khoja, Yusuf Beg, and Hakim Beg Hojis join the Qing dynasty in invading the Dzungar Khanate and fighting Amursana's rebellion [2]
1757 Revolt of the Altishahr Khojas : Khoja Burhan-ud-din and his brother Hojan rebel against the Qing dynasty in Yarkand [3]
1759 Revolt of the Altishahr Khojas : 100,000 Qing troops enter Xinjiang, forcing the Khoja brothers to flee to Badakhshan, where the sultan has them put to death and presented to the Qing; the entirety of the Tarim Basin is conquered by the Qing dynasty [4]

1760s

YearDateEvent
1762An imperial governor-general is set up in Xinjiang, known as the Ili governor-general; Xinjiang is divided into three geographic units: the Ili and Tarbagatay regions, the eight cities south of the Tian Shan range, and Urumqi [4]

1770s

YearDateEvent
1777Population of the Tarim Basin reaches 320,000 [5]

19th century

1810s

YearDateEvent
1814Hereditary posts in Xinjiang are abolished [6]

1820s

YearDateEvent
1826Population of the Tarim Basin reaches 650,000 [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 Adle 2003, p. 199.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Adle 2003, p. 200.
  3. Adle 2003, p. 202.
  4. 1 2 Adle 2003, p. 203.
  5. 1 2 Adle 2003, p. 205.
  6. Adle 2003, p. 204.

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