Lha-bzang Khan

Lhazang Khan
Лхазан хаан
ལྷ་བཟང་ཁང
Khan
Protector-ruler of Tibet
5th khan of the Khoshut Khanate
Reign1697 or 1703-1717
PredecessorTenzin Wangchuk Khan
SuccessorLobsang Tendzin
BornLhazang Lupal (ལྷ་བཟང་ཀླུ་དཔལ)
Died1717
Lhasa, Ü-Tsang, Tibet
Regnal name
Lhazang Khan (Лхазан хаан, ལྷ་བཟང་ཁང)
HouseBorjigin
DynastyKhoshut Khanate
FatherTenzin Dalai Khan

Lha-bzang Khan (Tibetan: ལྷ་བཟང༌།, ZYPY: Lhasang; Mongolian: ᠯᠠᠽᠠᠩ ᠬᠠᠨ Lazang Haan; alternatively, Lhazang or Lapsangn or Lajang; d.1717) was the ruler of the Khoshut (also spelled Qoshot, Qośot, or Qosot) tribe of the Oirats.[1] He was the son of Tenzin Dalai Khan (1668–1701)[2] and grandson (or great-grandson) of Güshi Khan,[3] being the last khan of the Khoshut Khanate and Oirat King of Tibet. He acquired effective power as ruler of Tibet by eliminating the regent (desi) Sangye Gyatso and the Sixth Dalai Lama, Tsangyang Gyatso, but his rule was cut short by an invasion by another group of Oirats, the Dzungar people. At length, this led to the direct involvement of the Chinese Qing dynasty in the Tibetan politics.

  1. ^ Mullin 2001, p. 274.
  2. ^ Petech 1972, pp. 9 ff..
  3. ^ Smith 1997, p. 121.