Sino-Tibetan relations during the Ming dynasty
When an ally of the U-Tsang ruler threatened destruction of the Gelugpas again, the fifth Dalai Lama Lozang Gyatso pleaded for help from the Mongol prince Gushi Khan (1582-1655), leader of the Khoshut (Qoshot) tribe of the Oirat Mongols, who was then on a pilgrimage to Lhasa. Gushi Khan accepted his role as protector, and from 1637-1640 he not only defeated the Gelugpas' enemies in the Amdo and Kham regions, but also resettled his entire tribe into Amdo. Sonam Chopel urged Gushi Khan to assault the U-Tsang king's homebase of Shigatse, which Gushi Khan agreed upon, enlisting the aid of Gelug monks and supporters. In 1642, after a year's siege of Shigatse, the U-Tsang forces surrendered. Gushi Khan then captured and summarily executed Karma Tenkyong, the ruler of U-Tsang, King of Tibet.
Who did the 5th Dalai Lama beg for help from?
the Mongol prince Gushi Khan
When an ally of the U-Tsang ruler threatened destruction of the Gelugpas again, the fifth Dalai Lama Lozang Gyatso pleaded for help from the Mongol prince Gushi Khan (1582-1655), leader of the Khoshut (Qoshot) tribe of the Oirat Mongols, who was then on a pilgrimage to Lhasa.
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