From the 17th century to the middle of the 18th century , between China proper and Transoxania , all the land was under the sway of the Dzungars . In Semirechye the Kyrgyz and Kazakahs were forcibly driven out by the Dzungars and the Kashgar Khanate was conquered . However , the Dzungar Empire was annihilated by Qing China from 1755 – 1758 in a formidable assault , ending the Central Asian states danger from the Dzungar menace . Uighur Muslims like Emin Khoja from Turfan revolted against their Dzungar Buddhist rulers and pledged allegiance to Qing China to deliver them from Dzungar Buddhist rule . The Qing crushed and annihilated the Dzungars in the Dzungar genocide
Dzungar genocide
Dzungar genocide
Ahmad Shah Durrani