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... Tubten Kunpel (thub bstan kun 'phel, 1905–1963), the attendant to the Thirteenth Dalai Lama, Tubten Gyatso (tA la'i bla ma 13 thub bstan rgya mtsho, 1876–1933), was one of Karma Chopel's cousins ...

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... When the Dalai Lama fell ill that year, with what many considered the common cold, his attendant Chensel Tubten Kunpel (spyan gsal thub bstan kun 'phel, 1905–1963) and a physician Jampa Yeshe (byams pa ye shes) administered medication ...

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The death of the Thirteenth Dalai Lama in 1933 led to a power struggle in Lhasa during which the Kashag and the Assembly arrested and exiled Kunpel (kun 'phel, 1905-1963), the Dalai Lama's favorite, who had enjoyed enormous influence and power ...

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The death of the Thirteenth Dalai Lama, Tubten Gyatso (ta la'i bla ma 13 thub bstan rgya mtsho, 1876-1933) led to a power struggle in Lhasa during which the Kashag and the Assembly arrested and exiled Tubten Kunpel (P9124, kun 'phel, 1905-1963), the Dalai Lama's favorite, accusing him of complicity in various plots ...

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... The death of the Thirteenth Dalai Lama in 1933 had led to a power struggle in Lhasa during which the Kashag and the Assembly arrested and exiled Kunpel (kun 'phel, 1905-1963), the Dalai Lama's favorite, who had had enormous influence and power ...

Read more from the biography of Tobgyal Pangdatsang


... Dundul Namgyal Tsarong also recounts hearing a conversation on this subject between his father and Kunpel (P9124 thub bstan kun 'phel, 19051963), the Dalai Lama's favorite, when they were in India.[8] According to Rinchen Dolma Taring, it was further rumored that Lungshar supported the appointment of Namgyel Gyeltsen specifically because of his ineffectiveness as a leader, in the belief that a poor leader would further disempower the military ...

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