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Dzungar may be spelled as Zungar, Zunghar or Jungar.
Dzungar may refer to:
* Dzungar people : Oirat tribes
- Dzungar Khanate : Historical empire
- Jungar Banner : An administrative division of China
- Junggar Basin : A geographical region in northwest China
Usage examples of "dzungar".
Well informed on Central Asian matters and fearful that the Dzungar Mongols might become a threat to their Chinese empire, they encouraged the Qosot Mongol king Lhabzang Khan, descendant of Gushri, to install himself in Lhasa and kill the Regent, who had friendly relations with the Dzungars.
Her earlier incarnation had performed a miracle in 1716, when Dzungar Mongols threatened her monastery.
Chinese power was soon actively involved, for the Dzungars, invited by disaffected monasteries, invaded Tibet in 1717, killed Lhabzang Khan and deposed his Dalai Lama, but they failed to bring with them the infant in whom many Tibetans saw the true incarnation of the original sixth.