The Dzungar genocide was the mass extermination of the Dzungar people, a confederation of Oirat Mongol tribes, by the Qing dynasty. The Qianlong Emperor ordered the genocide after the rebellion in 1755 by Dzungar leader Amursana against Qing rule, after the dynasty first conquered the Dzungar Khanate with Amursana's support. The genocide was perpetrated by Manchu, Han, Salar and Khalkha Mongol troops of the Qing army, supported by Turkic oasis dwellers of Altishahr, now known as Uyghurs, who rebelled against Dzungar rule. Although the main targets had been the Dzungars, the Turkic Kipchak nomads Kazakhs and Kyrgyz were also targeted as well, as the Qing troops could not distinguish the Kazakhs and Kyrgyz from the Dzungars.