List of rulers of Tibet

Summary

This article lists the rulers of Tibet from the beginning of legendary history. Included are regimes with their base in Central Tibet, that held authority over at least a substantial portion of the country.

Pre-Imperial Yarlung dynasty[1] edit

  • Nyatri Tsenpo
  • Mutri Tsenpo (son)
  • Dingtri Tsenpo (son)
  • Sotri Tsenpo (son)
  • Mertri Tsenpo (son)
  • Daktri Tsenpo (son)
  • Siptri Tsenpo (son)
  • Drigum Tsenpo (son)
  • Pude Gunggyal (son)
  • Esho Leg (son)
  • Desho Leg (son)
  • Tisho Leg (son)
  • Gongru Leg (son)
  • Drongzher Leg (son)
  • Isho Leg (son)
  • Zanam Zindé (son)
  • Detrul Namzhungtsen (son)
  • Senöl Namdé (son)
  • Senöl Podé (son)
  • Denöl Nam (son)
  • Denöl Po (son)
  • Degyal Po (son)
  • Detring Tsen (son)
  • Tore Longtsen (son)
  • Tritsun Nam (son)
  • Tridra Pungtsen (son)
  • Tritog Jethogtsen (son)
  • Lha Thothori (son)
  • Trinyen Zungtsen (son)
  • Drongnyen Deu (son)
  • Tagri Nyenzig (son)
  • Namri Songtsen ?–618 (son)

Tibetan Empire edit

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Yuan dynasty and Sakya rulers edit

Sakya lamas[3] edit

Sakya Imperial Preceptors (Dishi)[3] edit

Dpon-chens (Ponchens)[3] edit

  • Shakya Zangpo circa 1264–1270
  • Kunga Zangpo circa 1270–1275
  • Zhangtsun circa 1275–?
  • Chukpo Gangkarwa ?–1280
  • Changchub Rinchen 1281/82
  • Kunga Zhonnu 1282–circa 1285
  • Zhonnu Wangchuk circa 1285–1288
  • Changchub Dorje circa 1289
  • Aglen Dorje Pal circa 1290–1298
  • Zhonnu Wangchuk 1298 (second time)
  • Lekpa Pal 1298–circa 1305
  • Sengge Pal early 14th century
  • Odzer Sengge circa 1315–1317
  • Kunga Rinchen circa 1319
  • Donyo Pal circa 1320
  • Yontsun Drakpa Dar before 1322
  • Odzer Sengge ?–1328/29 (second time)
  • Gyalwa Zangpo 1328/29–1333
  • Wangchuk Pal 1333–1337
  • Sonam Pal 1337–1344
  • Gyalwa Zangpo 1344–1347 (second time)
  • Wangtson 1347–circa 1350
  • Gyalwa Zangpo circa 1350–1356/58 (third time)
  • Namkha Tenpai Gyaltsen circa 1357
  • Palbum ?–1360
  • Namkha Tenpai Gyaltsen circa 1364 (second time)

Phagmodrupa dynasty[4] edit

Rinpungpa dynasty[5] edit

Tsangpa dynasty[6] edit

Gandan Phodrang and Qing dynasty edit

Khoshut kings of Tibet edit

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Dalai Lamas edit

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Panchen Lamas edit

Dzungar occupation edit

Qing rule edit

Gashi and Pholha princes[7] edit

Qing imperial residents (Ambans) edit

  • Sengge 1727–1733 (first)
  • Lianyu 1906–1912 (last)

20th century Silöns (prime ministers) edit

  • Changkhyim 1907–1920
  • Paljor Dorje Shatra 1907–1923
  • Sholkhang 1907–1926
  • Langdün Künga Wangchuk 1926–1940
  • acting silöns: Lobsang Tashi and Lukhangwa 1950–1952

Modern political leaders within China edit

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Ancient Tibet: Research materials from the Yeshe De project. Berkeley 1986, pp. 141-78; Tsepon W.D. Shakabpa, Tibet. A Political History. Yale 1967.
  2. ^ Christopher I. Beckwith, The Tibetan Empire in Central Asia. Princeton 1987, pp. 226–9; Tsepon W.D. Shakabpa, Tibet. A Political History. Yale 1967.
  3. ^ a b c Luciano Petech, Central Tibet and the Mongols. Rome 1990.
  4. ^ Giuseppe Tucci, Tibetan Painted Scrolls. [Rome 1949; Giuseppe Tucci, Deb T'er Dmar Po Gsarma. Rome 1971; Per K. Sørensen & Guntram Hazod, Rulers on the Celestial Plain. Wien 2007; Olaf Czaja, Medieval rule in Tibet, Vol. I-II. Wien 2013.
  5. ^ Giuseppe Tucci, 1949; Giuseppe Tucci, 1971; Olaf Czaja, 2013.
  6. ^ Giuseppe Tucci, 1949; Hugh E. Richardson, A Short History of Tibet. New York 1962.
  7. ^ a b c Hugh E. Richardson, 1962; Tsepon W.D. Shakabpa, 1967.
  8. ^ Samten G. Karmay, The Illusive Play; The Political Autobiography of the Fifth Dalai Lama, Vol. 1 (a.k.a. The Dukula), Serindia, Chicago 2014, pp. 403-425
  9. ^ Tsepon W.D. Shakabpa, One Hundred Thousand Moons: An Advanced Political History of Tibet, Vol. 2, Brill, Boston, 2010, p. 1133