Sonom

Sonom
lord-lama of Chuchen (Greater Jinchuan)
Reignc. 1766 – 1776
PredecessorLangkya
Successorannexed by Qing China
Born?
Chuchen
Diedc. June 13–14, 1776  Executed
Beijing, Qing China
FatherLangkya
MotherAtsang
Sonom
Tibetan name
Tibetan བསོད་ནམས
Transcriptions
WyliebSod-nams[1]
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese索諾木
Simplified Chinese索诺木
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinSuǒnuòmù

Sonom (died c. June 13–14, 1776) was a chieftain of the rGyalrong people in China. He was the lord-lama of Greater Jinchuan.[2] He was executed after his January 1776 defeat in the Jinchuan campaigns.

  1. ^ Entenmann, p. 4.
  2. ^ Theobald, Ulrich. War Finance and Logistics in Late Imperial China: A Study of the Second Jinchuan Campaign (1771–1776) (Monies, Markets, and Finance in East Asia, 1600-1900). BRILL, July 11, 2013. ISBN 9004255672, 9789004255678. p. 20.