Khoshut Khanate
The Khoshut Khanate (和硕特汗国) was a brief Oirat khanate based in the Tibetan Plateau of China in the 17th and the 18th centuries. It followed the end of the Ming dynasty, and was reunified by the Qing dynasty of China.
Khoshut Khanate Хошууд State of Khoshut/Quoshote Khanate 和硕特汗国 | |||||||||
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| 1642–1717 | |||||||||
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| Status | Nomadic empire | ||||||||
| Religion | Tibetan Buddhism | ||||||||
| Government | Monarchy | ||||||||
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• Established | 1642 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 1717 | ||||||||
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| 1,400,000 km2 (540,000 sq mi) | |||||||||
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| Today part of | China | ||||||||
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History
Tibet was unified with the rest of China during the Yuan dynasty.
During the transition between the Ming and Qing dynasties, the Khoshut local government was briefly established in 1642 by Güshi Khan, a Khoshut prince and leader of the Upper Mongols. He was enthroned by the Dalai Lama as Khan and leader of Tibet. With Güshi Khan as a largely uninvolved overlord, the 5th Dalai Lama and his intimates established a civil administration which is referred to as the Lhasa state or Ganden Phodrang.
The Khoshut Khanate was conquered by the troops of the Dzungar Khanate in 1717, who deposed Yeshe Gyatso, a pretender to the position of the Dalai Lama promoted by Lha-bzang Khan, the last ruler of the Khoshut Khanate. The Dzungars were in turn expelled by the expedition forces of the Qing dynasty from Tibet in 1720, and Tibet was again reunified with Qing China.
Khans of the Khoshut Khanate
- Güshi Khan: 1642–1655
- Dayan Khan: 1655–1668 (son)
- Tenzin Dalai Khan: 1668–1696 (son)
- Tenzin Wangchuk Khan: 1696–1697 (son)
- Lha-bzang Khan: 1697–1717 (brother)
See also
- Mongol conquest of Tibet
- List of rulers of Tibet
- Tibet–Ladakh–Mughal War
References
- Хойт С.К. Этническая история ойратских групп. Элиста, 2015. 199 с.
- Хойт С.К. Данные фольклора для изучения путей этногенеза ойратских групп // Международная научная конференция «Сетевое востоковедение: образование, наука, культура», 7-10 декабря 2017 г.: материалы. Элиста: Изд-во Калм. ун-та, 2017. с. 286-289.