Tsewang Rabtan married his daughter, Boitalak (博託洛克), to Danjung (丹衷), the eldest son of Lha-bzang Khan in 1714.[1] He used the occasion to destroy some of Lha-bzang's troops in preparation for an invasion of Tibet. He consolidated Dzungar power by 1715, and in 1717 sent one army of 300 into Amdo to retrieve the 7th Dalai Lama, planning to consolidate Tibetan support by bringing him to Lhasa, and another army of 6000, led by his brother Tseren Dondub, that successfully took Lhasa from the Khoshut and killed Lha-bzang Khan.[2]
However, the first army failed to acquire the Dalai Lama, having been defeated by Qing troops at Kumbum. Dzungar troops went on the rampage through Lhasa and its environs, looting, raping and killing. Soon, the Tibetans were appealing to the Kangxi Emperor to rid them of the Dzungars. The Dzungar occupation of Tibet became more difficult to sustain as time passed and though they managed to defeat a poorly organized Chinese invasion at the Battle of the Salween River in 1718, Qing troops took Lhasa in 1720 during their second and larger expedition.[3]
After Danjung died circa 1717, allegedly at the hands of Tsewang Rabtan, Boitalak married a taisha or prince of the Khoid, a section of the Dzungar people, and later gave birth to Amursana (1723–1757), who would grow up to be Khan of Dzungaria during the reign of the Qianlong Emperor.[1]
tsewang, rabtan, from, tibetan, དབང, རབ, བར, tsewang, rapten, chinese, 策妄阿拉布坦, mongolian, ᠴᠡᠸᠡᠩᠷᠠᠪᠳᠠᠨ, 1643, 1727, choros, oirats, prince, khong, tayiji, dzungar, khanate, from, 1697, following, death, uncle, rival, galdan, boshugtu, khan, until, death, 1727, . Tsewang Rabtan from Tibetan ཚ དབང རབ བར ན Tsewang Rapten Chinese 策妄阿拉布坦 Mongolian ᠴᠡᠸᠡᠩᠷᠠᠪᠳᠠᠨ 1643 1727 was a Choros Oirats prince and the Khong Tayiji of the Dzungar Khanate from 1697 following the death of his uncle and rival Galdan Boshugtu Khan until his death in 1727 He was married to Lha bzang Khan s sister Tsewang RabtanKhong TayijiKhong Tayiji of the Dzungar KhanateReign1697 1727PredecessorGaldan Boshugtu KhanSuccessorGaldan TserenDied1727HouseChorosDynastyDzungar KhanateFatherSenggeTsewang RabtanChinese nameChinese策妄阿拉布坦TranscriptionsStandard MandarinHanyu PinyinCewang AlabutǎnAlternative Chinese nameChinese策旺阿拉布坦TranscriptionsStandard MandarinHanyu PinyinCewang AlabutǎnSecond alternative Chinese nameChinese策妄阿喇布坦TranscriptionsStandard MandarinHanyu PinyinCewang AlabutǎnTibetan nameTibetanཚ དབང རབ བར ནTranscriptionsWylietshe dbang rab brtanMongolian nameMongolian CyrillicCeveenravdanMongolian scriptᠴᠡᠸᠡᠩᠷᠠᠪᠳᠠᠨManchu nameManchu scriptᡮᡝᠸᠠᠩ ᠠᡵᠠᠪᡨᠠᠨAbkaiCewang ArabtanMollendorffTsewang ArabtanRussian nameRussianCevan RabdanRomanizationTsevan RabdanOirat nameOiratᡒᡄᡖᠠᡊ ᠠᠷᠠᡋᡐᠠᠨ Contents 1 Political and military action 2 See also 3 References 3 1 BibliographyPolitical and military action editTsewang Rabtan married his daughter Boitalak 博託洛克 to Danjung 丹衷 the eldest son of Lha bzang Khan in 1714 1 He used the occasion to destroy some of Lha bzang s troops in preparation for an invasion of Tibet He consolidated Dzungar power by 1715 and in 1717 sent one army of 300 into Amdo to retrieve the 7th Dalai Lama planning to consolidate Tibetan support by bringing him to Lhasa and another army of 6000 led by his brother Tseren Dondub that successfully took Lhasa from the Khoshut and killed Lha bzang Khan 2 However the first army failed to acquire the Dalai Lama having been defeated by Qing troops at Kumbum Dzungar troops went on the rampage through Lhasa and its environs looting raping and killing Soon the Tibetans were appealing to the Kangxi Emperor to rid them of the Dzungars The Dzungar occupation of Tibet became more difficult to sustain as time passed and though they managed to defeat a poorly organized Chinese invasion at the Battle of the Salween River in 1718 Qing troops took Lhasa in 1720 during their second and larger expedition 3 After Danjung died circa 1717 allegedly at the hands of Tsewang Rabtan Boitalak married a taisha or prince of the Khoid a section of the Dzungar people and later gave birth to Amursana 1723 1757 who would grow up to be Khan of Dzungaria during the reign of the Qianlong Emperor 1 See also editDzungar Qing WarReferences edit a b Hummel 1944 p 10 Smith 1997 pp 123 4 Mullin 2000 pp 285 9 Bibliography edit Chao ying Fang 1944 Tsewang Araptan In Hummel Arthur W Sr ed Eminent Chinese of the Ch ing Period United States Government Printing Office Mullin Glenn H 2000 The Fourteen Dalai Lamas A Sacred Legacy of Reincarnation Clear Light Publishers ISBN 978 1 57416 092 5 Smith Warren W 1997 Tibetan nation a history of Tibetan nationalism and Sino Tibetan relations Westview Press ISBN 978 0 8133 3155 3 Tsewang RabtanHouse of Choros the 14th century 1755 Died 1727Regnal titlesPreceded byGaldan Boshugtu Khan Khong Tayiji of the Dzungar Khanate1694 1727 Succeeded byGaldan Tseren nbsp This biography of a member of an Asian royal house is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This article related to Central Asian history is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Tsewang Rabtan amp oldid 1171980332, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
