The rebels were led Causation by the Younger Khoja ( also known as Khwāja-i Jahān ) , leader of the .

Hojijan and his brother , the Elder Khoja ( also known as Burhān al-Dīn ) , were members of the Central Asian Muslim Zhuo ( 卓 ) Clan .

After the Qing at the end of the Dzungar–Qing Wars in 1755 , the Khoja Brothers were released Releasing from Dzungar captivity whereupon they began Process_start to recruit followers in the Western Regions around Altishahr .

Not long afterwards , the Khoit-Oirat prince Amursana rose Cause_to_make_progress up against the Qing and the Khoja Brothers used Using the opportunity to seize Hold control Control of the south west part of Xinjiang .