9th Dalai Lama, Lungtok Gyatso | |||||||||
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Title | His Holiness the 9th Dalai Lama | ||||||||
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Born | Dan Chokhor, Kham, Tibet | 1 December 1805||||||||
Died | 6 March 1815 Ü-Tsang, Tibet | (aged 9)||||||||
Religion | Tibetan Buddhism | ||||||||
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Senior posting | |||||||||
Period in office | 1810–1815 | ||||||||
Predecessor | 8th Dalai Lama, Jamphel Gyatso | ||||||||
Successor | 10th Dalai Lama, Tsultrim Gyatso | ||||||||
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Chinese | 隆朵嘉措 | ||||||||
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Tibetan | ལུང་རྟོགས་རྒྱ་མཚོ་ | ||||||||
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The 9th Dalai Lama, Lungtok Gyatso (full given name Lobzang Tenpai Wangchuk Lungtok Gyatso, also spelled Lungtog Gyatso and Luntok Gyatso; 1 December 1805 – 6 March 1815), was recognized as the 9th Dalai Lama of Tibet. He was the first and the youngest Dalai Lama among four successive Dalai Lamas whom succumbed to illnesses before reaching twenty-two years of age.