| Lhazang Khan Лхазан хаан ལྷ་བཟང་ཁང | |||||
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| Khan Protector-ruler of Tibet | |||||
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| 5th khan of the Khoshut Khanate | |||||
| Reign | 1697 or 1703-1717 | ||||
| Predecessor | Tenzin Wangchuk Khan | ||||
| Successor | Lobsang Tendzin | ||||
| Born | Lhazang Lupal (ལྷ་བཟང་ཀླུ་དཔལ) | ||||
| Died | 1717 Lhasa, Ü-Tsang, Tibet | ||||
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| House | Borjigin | ||||
| Dynasty | Khoshut Khanate | ||||
| Father | Tenzin 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.
- ^ Mullin 2001, p. 274.
- ^ Petech 1972, pp. 9 ff..
- ^ Smith 1997, p. 121.