 The south was inhabited by Turkic Muslims (Uyghurs) and the north by Dzungar Mongols, also called "Eleuths" or "Kalmyks".In 1755, the Qing Empire attacked Ghulja, and captured the Dzungar Khan.Over the next two years, the Manchus and Mongol armies of the Qing destroyed the remnants of the Dzungar Khanate, and attempted to divide the Xinjiang region into four sub-Khanates under four chiefs.