Battle of Yesil Kol Nor

Battle of Yesil Kol Nor
Part of the Ten Great Campaigns
Date September 1759 Location Yechil Koul Nor (Lake), Xinjiang Result Qing victory
Belligerents
Qing Empire	Khwāja-i Jahān and Burhān al-Dīn
Commanders and leaders
Fu De Arigun	Khwāja-i Jahān Burhān al-Dīn
Strength
10,000 infantry 10 zamburaks 20 cannons	10,000 infantry
Casualties and losses
Unknown	2,000 surrendered many dead and wounded

The Battle of Yesil Kol Nor is an 18th-century war painting created by Chinese court painters and European Jesuit monks. It was commissioned by the Qianlong Emperor of the Chinese Qing Empire as part of an order of 16 large battle paintings (8 metres wide by 4 metres tall) to commemorate battles that took place in Qurman, Xinjiang province in February 1759. The battles resulted in the Qing Empire successfully regaining control of Xinjiang from Turks who had occupied the province following the ousting of the Dzungar people from the region by Qing forces.^[1]

The plinth of Chinese Monument set by the Lake Yashilkul, photoed by the Russian in the 19th century.

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