Amursana
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Amursana (Mongolian: Амарсанаа; Classical Mongolian: ; ; 172321September 1757) was an 18th-century taishi () or prince of the Khoit-Oirat tribe that ruled over parts of Dzungaria and Altishahr in present-day northwest China. Known as the last great Oirat hero, Amursana was the last of the Dzungar rulers. The defeat of his rebel forces by Qing dynasty Manchu armies in the late 1750s signaled the final extinction of Mongol influence and power in Inner Asia, ensured the incorporation of Mongol territory into the Qing Manchu Empire, and brought about the Dzungar genocide.
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- Amursana
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- Person.birth_date
- 1723
- Person.birth_place
- Dzungar Khanate
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- Tobolsk, Russia
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- Khong Tayiji
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- Alliance with and revolt against Qing China
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- 1722-01-01
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- 1757-00-00
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10 sectionsContents
- Family
- Alliance and split with Dawachi
- Capture of Ili
- Amursana rebellion (1755–1758)
- Death and aftermath
- Legacy
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- Notes
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Amursana (Mongolian: Амарсанаа; Classical Mongolian: ; ; 172321September 1757) was an 18th-century taishi () or prince of the Khoit-Oirat tribe that ruled over parts of Dzungaria and Altishahr in present-day northwest China. Known as the last great Oirat hero, Amursana was the last of the Dzungar rulers. The defeat of his rebel forces by Qing dynasty Manchu armies in the late 1750s signaled the final extinction of Mongol influence and power in Inner Asia, ensured the incorporation of Mongol territory into the Qing Manchu Empire, and brought about the Dzungar genocide.
== Family == Amursana was born in 1723 to a noble mother from the Dzungar-Oirat tribe and taisha or crown prince of the Khoit-Oirat clan. Amursana's mother, Boitalak (), was the daughter of Tsewang Rabtan, leader of the Dzungar-Oirat tribe following the death of Galdan Boshugtu Khan. She first married Danjung (), the eldest son of Lha-bzang Khan, ruler of the Khoshut-Oirat tribe. Following Danjung's death c. 1717, allegedly at the hands of his father-in-law, Boitalak married Amursana's father, a taisha or crown prince of the Khoit-Oirat clan.