Battle of Yesil Kol Nor
Battle of Yesil Kol Nor | |||||||
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Part of the Ten Great Campaigns | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Qing Empire | Khwāja-i Jahān and Burhān al-Dīn | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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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 Jesuits. 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, Tajikistan 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]
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- Qing dynasty
- War paintings
- 18th-century painting stubs