The Zunghar Khanate is a nomadic power on the Eurasian steppe.

It covers the area called Dzungaria and stretches from the west end of the Great Wall of China to present-day eastern Kazakhstan, and from present-day northern Kyrgyzstan to southern Siberia (most of this area is part of Xinjiang nowadays).In 1678, Galdan receives from the Dalai Lama the title Boshogtu Khan.

This confirms the Zunghars as the new leading tribe of the Oirats.

However, the Zunghar rulers bear the title of Khong Tayiji (originally meaning crown prince, from the Chinese word, Huang Taizi, which also means the same thing) while their state is often called the Zunghar Khanate.

After the deaths of Galdan Boshogtu Khan and Tsewang Rabtan, the Khanate begins to decline; it is annexed by the Qing Dynasty in 1756-59.