 Later, the region was part of the Kara-Khanid Khanate, followed by the Qara Khitai, Chagatai Khanate, Moghulistan and the Dzungar Khanate, which was conquered by the Qing dynasty of China.Hotan became part of Xinjiang under Qing rule.In the 1930s, the Khotan Emirate declared independence from China.