General of Ili
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The General of Ili, also known as the Viceroy of Ili, and in western sources as the Kulja Military Governor, was a position created during the reign of the Qing Qianlong Emperor to "pacify" Dzungaria
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Former Mansion of General of Ili in Huocheng, Xinjiang
Xinjiang under Qing rule
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The Manchu-led Qing dynasty of China ruled over Xinjiang from the late 1750s to 1912. In the history of Xinjiang, the Qing rule was established in the final phase of the Dzungar–Qing Wars when the Dzu
General of Ili
…to "pacify" Dzungaria (now part of Xinjiang) and suppress uprisings by the Khoja "Rebels". The General of Ili governed the entirety of Xinjiang during Qing rule until it was turned into a province. Based in Huiyuan City (惠远城; 惠遠城; now Huiyuan Town, Huocheng County), in the Qing delineated greater Xinjiang region…
Shooting exercises of the Taifurchis
Painting depicting a Turkic Muslim from Altishahr, during the reign of the Qing dynasty.
Delegations of the nations of Kuche (庫車), Qarashahr (哈爾沙爾), Aksu (阿克蘇), Uqturpan (烏什), Ili (伊犁) and Kazakh Khanate (哈薩克) during annual tributary visit to Beijing as depicted in Qing dynasty court painting Wan Guo Lai Chao Tu (萬國來朝圖)
The Qing Empire in 1910 with provinces in deep yellow, military governorates and protectorates in light yellow.