Dzungar Genocide Historical Overview

The Dzungar Genocide refers to the systematic destruction of the Dzungar people by the Qing dynasty during the mid-18th century.

Between 1755 and 1758, the Qing government, led by the Qianlong Emperor, launched military campaigns to eliminate the Dzungar Khanate, a Mongol state located in what is now Xinjiang, China.

The campaign resulted in the mass killing of an estimated 80% to 90% of the Dzungar population through warfare, starvation, and disease, leading many historians to classify it as genocide.

Following the military defeat, the Qing dynasty resettled Han Chinese, Hui Muslims, and other ethnic groups in the depopulated areas.

The genocide had lasting demographic and political effects in Central Asia and remains a significant event in Tibetan, Mongol, and Chinese history.