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originally from Hami, Xinjiang, who later adopted and assimilated into local Mongol culture. Most scholars believe that the ancestors of the Khotons were brought to the area around the 18th century or earlier as captives from Xinjiang after the prince of the Alasha Mongols returned from fighting the Dzungars. According to local tradition, the ancestors of the Khotons arrived in the area in the late 17th century as merchants and eventually settled

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