sentences:  In contrast to Ablai, other khans and sultans had been competing for the lavish gifts and stipends of the Emperors of Russia in return for their submission.During the Qing campaigns against the Dzungars, Ablai Khan chose not to take sides.He sheltered the Dzungar Oirat "taishis" Amursana and Dawachi from attacks by the Khoshut-Orait King of Tibet, Lha-bzang Khan, as the Dzungar Khanate fractured following the death of Galdan Tseren in 1745.