So I should be staunch Khalkhist. Dzungar Khanate. Most of the lands were taken by Kazakhs later(I am kazakh)I'm oirat so I think about it a lot. We have real problems now which you just mentioned some of them,"Thankless provider of Moscow"?Mongolia also used to be thankless provider of Moscow before 1990.Let me try to give a thoughtful answer.It just takes time for certain things to change. And in their supressed history and unwillingness to discuss them, you can find their true character.What do you think of Russia?

... (but I don't know who he repopulated the area with, or what the Uyghurs were doing during these times). Oirat mongols fought for independent mongol state and desired to recreate Mongol Empire in it's former size. Dzungar Khanate was not only the last mongol state, it wa also the last great nomadic empire, which was relevant and presented political/military power with which their neighbors had to consider. Obtaining peace on the western borders of the Younger Juz, and securing its rear was one of the main tasks of Abilqaiyr Khan. In 1737, after Sameke Khan of the Middle Juz died, he was replaced by Abilmambet.

Khalkhas and Oirats both tried to dismantle hierarchies of each other. That Buriat people can’t speak their own language anymore and so much embedded with Russia to ever declare its own independence.Mongolians don’t like to talk about it but most of us know that part of our history.Also if Khalkha Mongols decided to help Oirats, probably they would have been massacred too.It think this article below has more and accurate information. Years of secondary schooling (I went to the best one) in Mongolia didn't even give a hint. They were as brutal as anyone else.Genghis was a revolutionary who united ever warring Mongols. Only thing they like to hear is the glory times of Genghis. Most don't even have a clue. Tense relations by the Kazakh khans remained with Bukhara and Khiva, but by 1730s the Kazakhs managed to soften some of the disputes with the Central Asian khans; however, the relationship with the Volga Kalmyks and Bashkirs remained difficult. Either way, Dzungar descendants and Uyghurs have to work ... Johan Gustaf Renat's map of Dzungaria, ca 1744. Problem is, you cannot play as the Mongols when they are independant. Sep 23, 2018 - Qing Dzungar wars - Dzungar Khanate - Wikipedia The Dzungar conquest of Altishahr resulted in the Tibetan Buddhist Dzungar Khanate in Dzungaria conquering and subjugating the Turkic Muslim Chingisid ruled Chagatai Khanate in Altishahr (the Tarim Basin). The Chinese army defeats the Khoja brothers (Burhān al-Dīn and Khwāja-i Jahān) in Yesil-Kol-Nor (present-day Yashil Kul, Tajikistan), 1759.Battle of Qurman,1759; General Fu De, on his way to relieve the siege of Khorgos was suddenly attacked by an enemy force of 5000 Muslim cavalry and with less than 600 men Fu De defeated the Muslims.

We have a good relationship with Kalmyk republic where Oirats live now. Local conflicts still occurred in the Younger Juz where part of the feudal lords, who were led by sultan Batyr, clashed with Khan Abilqaiyr. The Kazakhs also fought on several fronts in which from the east with Dzungaria, the west where they were disturbed by Yaik Cossacks, Kalmyks and Bashkirs who constantly raided the border, and from the south against the states of Kokand, Bukhara, and Khiva.Thus, the Kazakh feudal lords still engaged in internal disputes and did not take any precautions to organize proper defenses on their borders. The political situation of the Middle Juz and the rest of Kazakh Khanate remained difficult.