TY - JOUR

T1 - The Status of Tibet In the Seventeenth – Early Eighteenth Centuries: A Mongolian Perspective

AU - Uspensky, Vladimir

PY - 2014

Y1 - 2014

N2 - The conquests of Gushi Khan (1582–1655), who belonged to the Khoshut tribe of the Western Mongols, led to the creation of a new state which included the whole of Tibet and Kuku Nor (Qinghai). His military campaigns brought about the supremacy of the Gelugpa School in Tibet and established, as can be determined from a later perspective, the rule of the Dalai Lamas. This coincided with the creation of the Manchu state whose rulers became emperors of China in 1644. The visit of the Fifth Dalai Lama to Beijing in 1653 and granting of titles by the emperor to the Dalai Lama and Gushi Khan was an act of mutual recognition of the conquests by both sides. The consolidation and expansion of the Qing empire and the lack of unity among the Western Mongols resulted in the end of Khoshut rule in Tibet.

AB - The conquests of Gushi Khan (1582–1655), who belonged to the Khoshut tribe of the Western Mongols, led to the creation of a new state which included the whole of Tibet and Kuku Nor (Qinghai). His military campaigns brought about the supremacy of the Gelugpa School in Tibet and established, as can be determined from a later perspective, the rule of the Dalai Lamas. This coincided with the creation of the Manchu state whose rulers became emperors of China in 1644. The visit of the Fifth Dalai Lama to Beijing in 1653 and granting of titles by the emperor to the Dalai Lama and Gushi Khan was an act of mutual recognition of the conquests by both sides. The consolidation and expansion of the Qing empire and the lack of unity among the Western Mongols resulted in the end of Khoshut rule in Tibet.

KW - Tibet

KW - Dalai Lama

KW - Mongols

KW - nomads

KW - China

KW - Oirads

KW - 17th century

M3 - Article

VL - 67

SP - 227

EP - 234

JO - Rocznik Orientalistyczny

JF - Rocznik Orientalistyczny

SN - 0080-3545

IS - 1

ER -