One of the most serious of these had occurred in 1827, when the territory and the city had been taken by Jahanghir Khoja, a member of the influential East Turkestan Appaki khoja clan; however, Chang-lung, the Chinese general of Ili, regains possession of Kashgar and the other rebellious cities in early 1828.

The forty-year-old Jahanghir Khoja, captured and delivered to Beijing, is carried for several weeks in a mobile iron cage through the main streets of Beijing.

He is finally brought to the Daoguang Emperor for interrogation, but, having gone mad due to bad treatment, he cannot answer any questions.

Immediately after the interrogation is completed, he is executed, his body cut into numerous pieces and his bones thrown to dogs.