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That same year the Mongol chieftain Gushri Khan (gu shri khan, 1582-1655) came to Lhasa in triumph after defeating his fellow Mongol Chogthu Taiji (chog thu tha'i ji) and his army in Amdo (a mdo) ...

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... The kingdom had grown significantly in power and administrative reach—much of this due to the increasingly complicated geo-political climate in Tibet, where the Fifth Dalai Lama (ta la'i bla ma 05, 1617–1682) and the Mongolian strongman Gushri Khan (gu shrI bstan 'dzin chos rgyal, 1582–1655) were consolidating power ...

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... Qingwang was the highest rank of Mongolian nobility, a rank given to princely descendants of Gushri Khan who were leaders of tribes around Lake Kokonor ...

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In 1637, Gushri Khan (1582-1655), the leader of the Khoshot Mongols, invaded Tibet under the auspices of the Fifth Dalai Lama ...

Read more from the biography of Lhagyari Lobzang Tutob Chogyel


... At the end of the 1630s, the Koshot-Oirat strongman Gushri Khan (gu shri khan, 1582–1655) joined forces with the Fifth Dalai Lama (tA la'i bla ma 05, 1617–1682) to consolidate power in central Tibet and beyond ...

Read more from the biography of Longsel Nyingpo


Following the victory of Gushri Khan (1582-1655) and the Qoshud Mongol army over the forces of the King of Tsang in 1642, a central Tibetan government was established with power initially shared between the Fifth Dalai Lama and the Qoshud Mongols ...

Read more from the biography of Ngawang Rinchen


When the Dzungar Mongols invaded Tibet in 1717, Lhazhang Khan (lha bzang han, d.1717), the Qoshot Mongol ruler and grandson of Gushri Khan (P5578 1582-1655), was killed in Lhasa ...

Read more from the biography of Makzor Gonpo