Altan khan biography of donald

  • This article introduces new sources on Altan Khan's encounters with the stag lung abbot.
  • Since the publication of this paper more than twenty years have passed, and we are now in the fortunate situation that a new Mongolian text-source has turned up.
  • Thereupon, Altan Khan, in the Sim Horse Year [1582], when he was 75, fell seriously ill, and gathering himself together before the internal.

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    "Altan Khan... grandson of the great Dayan Khan, a powerful figure in his own right... and a supporter of the current Grand Khan's rule. They say he's a willful one, with ambitions of raiding Ming China."
    ―Shao Jun, 1532.[src]-[m]

    Altan Khan

    Altan Khan (Mongolian: ᠠᠯᠲᠠᠨᠬᠠᠨ; 1507 – 1582) was the ruler of the Tümed Mongols and de facto ruler of the Right Wing of Mongols. He was a descendant of Kublai Khan, leader of the Mongol Empire and Emperor of China. He is well remembered not only for creating strong connections between Mongolia and Tibetan Buddhists, but also for being the first Mongol to cross the Great Wall of China.

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    Starting in 1529, the Mongols under Altan Khan began launching raids on the Chinese border to gain territory.[1] In 1532, Altan Khan gained an alliance with the Chinese TemplarZhang Yong, who offered to facilitate the Mongols' invasion of China in exchange for a seat in power after the outcome. Zhang Yong thus had

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    Introduction

    In his paper “Beiya youmu minzu nanqin gezhong yuanyin jiantao” (An examination of various factors for Northern Asian nomads’ southward invasion), which was published in 1972, Xiao Qiqing argued, “The challenge to agricultural peoples by nomadic peoples, and the response of those agricultural peoples, is one of the most important issues in premodern world history. Since the invention of equitation, the nomads of the Eurasian steppe—from the Xing’an Ridge to Hungary—relied on their superiority in equitation and archery, and became the biggest threat to neighboring farmers. Only when the Manchu Qing dynasty and Russia started expanding into Inner Asia in the seventeenth century were the nomads vanquished, with the help of rifles and cannons.1 The relationship between nomads and farmers is one of the most important topics in Inner Asian and East Asian history, and world history as well. It has long attracted attention from scholars all over the world. Recently, along w

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    6 The Rise and Fall of the Dalai Lamas, 1543–1757

    van Schaik, Sam. "6 The Rise and Fall of the Dalai Lamas, 1543–1757". Tibet, New Haven: Yale University Press, 2011, pp. 114-145. https://doi.org/10.12987/9780300172171-010

    van Schaik, S. (2011). 6 The Rise and Fall of the Dalai Lamas, 1543–1757. In Tibet (pp. 114-145). New Haven: Yale University Press. https://doi.org/10.12987/9780300172171-010

    van Schaik, S. 2011. 6 The Rise and Fall of the Dalai Lamas, 1543–1757. Tibet. New Haven: Yale University Press, pp. 114-145. https://doi.org/10.12987/9780300172171-010

    van Schaik, Sam. "6 The Rise and Fall of the Dalai Lamas, 1543–1757" In Tibet, 114-145. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2011. https://doi.org/10.12987/9780300172171-010

    van Schaik S. 6 The Rise and Fall of the Dalai Lamas, 1543–1757. In: Tibet. New Haven: Yale University Press; 2011. p.114-145. https://doi.org/10.12987/9780300172171-010

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