Emin Khoja (Uyghur: ئىمىن خوجا, Chinese: 額敏和卓), alternatively rendered as Amīn Khoja and Emin Khwaja, was an Uighur leader from Turpan who revolted against the Dzungar Khanate in 1720, while the Dzungars under Tsewang Rabtan were being attacked by the Qing dynasty in the Dzungar–Qing Wars.
[1] Uighur Muslims like Emin Khoja from Turfan revolted against their Dzungar Buddhist rulers and pledged allegiance to the Qing dynasty to deliver them from Dzungar Buddhist rule.
Emin Khoja was "arguably the most prominent Muslim collaborator in the Qing imperial expansion into Central Asia".
[4] Emin Khoja received the official Chinese noble title of Fuguo gong (輔國公, "Duke Who Assists the State").
The Emin Minaret was built by his son and successor Suleiman in 1777 in the memory of his father.