At the latest starting from the
Qin dynasty, the
Saka people appeared in the place of present Hoboksar area. This was followed by the
Usans and
Xiongnu people. The place was part of
Usan State in the
Western Han period. It was merged to the
Rear Jushi Kingdom () in the
Eastern Han and
Three Kingdoms periods. It was part of
Xianbei during the
Jin period, part of
Rouran Khaganate, followed by the
First Turkic Khaganate,
Western Turkic Khaganate in the period of
Northern and Southern dynasties. It was under the administration of
Kunling Protectorate () of the
Tang dynasty in 657, ruled by
Karluks in 789,
Uyghur Khaganate in 808,
Kyrgyz Khaganate in 840 and
Qara Khitai in 1127, it was merged to the
Yuan dynasty in 1218, became the
dominion of
Ögedei Khan in 1225, then after that, the territory of
Beshbalik Province (Beiting) and
Almaliq Province in 1280, it was merged to
Chagatai Khanate during 1324 – 1328. It was part of
Eastern Chagatai Khanate (Beshbalik Khaganate) in 1370, the herd land of the
Oirats tribe in the 5th century. After
Batur's succession to
Khong Tayiji in 1636, he quickly unified the
Oirats tribes in the North Xinjiang, with Hoboksar as the base camp. Batur built a castle five kilometers away southeast of the present
county seat of
Hoboksar Town between 1639 – 1643. The place of Hoboksar was under jurisdiction of Tarbaghatay Ministerial Attache (, under leadship of the
General of Ili; "Tarbaghatay", the present
Tacheng Prefecture) in 1758. The
Torghut Tribe back far away from the south side of Russian
Volga River, immigrated to Hoboksar in 1771. ==Geography==