Dayan Khan (Khoshut)
| Dayan Khan Даян хаан ད་ཡན་ཧན | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Khan Protector-ruler of Tibet | |||||
| 2nd khan of the Khoshut Khanate | |||||
| Reign | 1655-1668 | ||||
| Predecessor | Güshi Khan | ||||
| Successor | Gonchig Dalai Khan | ||||
| Born | Tenzin Dorje (Данзандорж, བསྟན་འཛིན་རྡོ་རྗེ) | ||||
| Died | 22 April 1668 Ü-Tsang, Tibet | ||||
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| House | Borjigin | ||||
| Dynasty | Khoshut Khanate | ||||
| Father | Güshi Khan | ||||
Dayan Khan (Mongolian: ᠳᠠᠶᠠᠨ ᠬᠠᠭᠠᠨ dayan qaɣan, died 22 April 1668) was the second khan of the Khoshut Khanate and protector-king of Tibet, ruling from 1655 to 1668. He sat on the throne during the time of the 5th Dalai Lama, Ngawang Lobsang Gyatso, but did not have a major independent role in Tibetan politics.
Khoshut patronage
Dayan Khan was the son of
Reign
As long as Güshi was alive he maintained a degree of control over the new Tibetan state. However, he died in January 1655, 73 years old. His eldest and youngest sons, Dayan Khan and Tashi Batur (1632-1714), then reigned in tandem. However, they stood far below their imposing father in terms of political wisdom or prestige. They were suspicious of each other and primarily focused on Mongolian affairs.
See also
Footnotes
- ^ Tsepon W. D. Shakabpa, One hundred thousand moons. Leiden 2010, p. 359.
- ^ Giuseppe Tucci, Tibetan painted scrolls. Rome 1949, Vol. I, p. 70.
- ^ Tsepon W. D. Shakabpa, Tibet: A political history. New York 1967, p. 118.
- ^ Tsepon W. D. Shakabpa 2010, p. 362.
- ^ Alex McKay (ed.), The history of Tibet, Vol. II, 2003, p. 584.
- ^ Ho-Chin Yang, Annals of Kokonor. Bloomington & The Hague 1969, p. 41.
- ^ Ya Hanzhang, Biographies of the Tibetan Spiritual Leaders Panchen Erdenis. Beijing 1994, pp. 60-1; Tsepon W. D. Shakabpa 1967, p. 119; Zahiruddin Ahmad, Sino-Tibetan relations in the seventeenth century. Rome 1970, p. 70.