| Dalai Lama as temporal ruler of Tibet | |
|---|---|
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 Flag of the Tibetan government-in-exile | |
| Style | His Holiness |
| Residence | Potala Palace Norbulingka |
| Seat | Lhasa |
| Term length | Life tenure |
| Formation | 1642 |
| First holder | 5th Dalai Lama |
| Final holder | 14th Dalai Lama |
| Abolished | 23 May 1951 (Seventeen Point Agreement) |
This is a list of Dalai Lamas of Tibet. There have been 14 recognised incarnations of the Dalai Lama.
There has also been one non-recognised Dalai Lama, Ngawang Yeshe Gyatso (declared in 1707), by Lha-bzang Khan as the "true" 6th Dalai Lama – however, he was never accepted as such by the majority of the Tibetan people.[1][2][3]
- ^ Stein 1972, p. 85.
- ^ Chapman, F. Spencer. (1940). Lhasa: The Holy City, p. 127. Readers Union Ltd. London.
- ^ Mullin 2001, p. 276.