"Specialists from the First Historical Archives and the USF Ricci Institute have examined and reproduced art and archival documents related to the Qing dynasty’s Central Asian campaigns (1755-1759). ... it collects commissioned paintings, imperially penned poems, and related documents....key pieces of art and Qing imperial documents...(for) history, art history, military history, and East-West cultural exchange. The Pacification of the Western Regions [Pingding Xiyu zhantu 平定西域戰圖] depicts the Central Asian campaigns during which the Qing suppressed the rebellions of the Dzungar chieftain Dawaci 達瓦齊, leader of the Eleuth (Kalmuk) Mongols, and of the elder and younger Khojas, Muslim Uighur’s based at the souther borders of the Tianshan range....this publication includes selections of related historical documents in Chinese and Manchu, most of which are revealed to the public for the first time. These documents include the following categories:
1. Documents on the military campaigns to supress Dawaci, elder and younger Khojas by the Qianlong emperor as well as the Bureau of Military Affairs.
2. Reports by the General in Chief of Repressing Rebellion.
3. Reports by the governors of Shaanxi and Gansu Provinces on the preparation of horses, vehicles, and army provisions for the campaigns.
4. Imperial poems by the Qianlong emperor after the successful conclusion of the campaigns.
5. Poems submitted to the Qianlong emperor by officials.
6. Documents concerning details and expenditures for the French production of the copperplate engravings of the Pacification of the Western Regions.
7. Reports on various presentations of the war paintings.
Added keywords: Xinjiang 新疆, Zungars 準噶爾, Bushtu Khan, Galdan 噶爾丹, Bandi (General), Yongchang (General), Yarkand Khanate, Batu Khan.