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.

1690s

YearDateEvent
1697ʿAbdu l-Lāh Tarkhān Beg rebels against the Dzungar Khanate in Hami[1]
1698Qing 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
1732Dzungar 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
1755Dzungar–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]
1757Revolt of the Altishahr Khojas: Khoja Burhan-ud-din and his brother Hojan rebel against the Qing dynasty in Yarkand[3]
1759Revolt 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

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