The Mongol interest in Tibet that had…
1540 CE to 1683 CE
The Mongol interest in Tibet that had been aroused in Altan's campaigns seems to have been transmitted to the Dzungar.
They inhabit a region east of Lake Balkash that extends eastward into northern Xinjiang.
They carry out a number of campaigns into Tibet, and by 1636 they have established a virtual protectorate over the region.
Because of the generally high quality of their leadership at this time, the Dzungar dominate Mongolia for much of the seventeenth century.