Sakya - Feudal Lordship Over Tibet

Feudal Lordship Over Tibet

Further information: Tibet under Yuan administrative rule and Tibet during the Ming Dynasty

The Mongols invaded Tibet after the foundation of their empire in the early 13th century. In 1264 the feudal reign over Tibet was given to Phagpa by the Mongolian emperor Kublai Khan. Sakya lamas continued to serve as viceroys of Tibet on behalf of Yuan emperors for nearly 75 years after Phagpa’s death (1280), until the Yuan Dynasty was greatly weakened by the Red Turban Rebellion in the 1350s, a decade before the Ming Dynasty founded by native Chinese overthrew Mongol rule in China. The leaders of the Sakya regime were as follows.

  • Phagpa 1253-1280
  • Dharmapala Raksita 1280-1282, d. 1287
  • Jamyang Rinchen Gyaltsen 1286-1303
  • Zangpo Pal 1306-1323
  • Khatsun Namka Lekpa Gyaltsen 1325-1341
  • Jamyang Donyo Gyaltsen 1341-1344
  • Lama Dampa Sonam Lotro Gyaltsen 1344-1347
  • Lotro Gyaltsen 1347-1365

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