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Erdeni Batur
Erdeni Batur was the leader of the Choros Oirats who united the Oirat tribes in the 1630s and is regarded as the founder of the Dzungar Khanate. He took the title khong tayiji, encouraged farming and building, and in 1640 joined Khalkha and Oirat princes in drawing up the Mongol-Oirat Code. His son Galdan Boshugtu Khan made the Dzungars a great power in Central Asia.
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