 In the 1750s, the region was acquired by Qing China in its conquest of the Dzungar Khanate.The Qing initially administered the Dzungaria and Altishahar separately as respectively, the Northern and Southern Circuits of Tian Shan, although both were under control of the General of Ili.The Southern Circuit ("Tianshan Nanlu") was also known as "Huibu" (回部 Muslim Region), "Huijiang" (回疆 Muslim Frontier), Chinese Turkestan, Kashgaria, Little Bukharia, East Turkestan.