Choros (Oirats)
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Choros was the ruling clan of the Ööld and Dörbet Oirat and once ruled the whole Four Oirat. They founded the Dzungar Khanate in the 17th century. Their chiefs reckoned their descent from a boy nouris
The Choros Oirat leader Dawachi surrendering to Qing general Zhaohui at Ili in 1755. Painting by Jesuit painter at the Qing court, Ignatius Sichelbart, 1764
The Choros Dawa (达瓦) in Qing costume, after the Dzungar-Qing War.
Oirat Choros Prince (Taiji, Chinese: 台吉) from Ili, and his wife. Huang Qing Zhigong Tu, 1769.
Oirat Choros tribal leader (Zaisang, 宰桑) from Ili, with his wife. Huang Qing Zhigong Tu, 1769.
Ubashi Khan
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Ubashi Khan was a Torghut-Kalmyk prince and the last Khan of the Kalmyk Khanate. In January 1771, he led the return migration of the majority of the Kalmyk people from the Kalmyk steppe to Dzungaria,
Ubashi Khan (1744–1774), the Torghut ruler of the Kalmyk Khanate, in Qing dynasty costume (紫光阁功臣像 collection)
"Exodus of 500.000 Kalmyks to China in 1771", led by Ubashi Khan. Engraving by Charles Michel Geoffroy.
Monument to the return of the Torghut in Korla, Xinjiang. Statue of Ubashi Khan in the front and the memorial tower in the back.