Dayan Khan Даян хаан ད་ཡན་ཧན | |||||
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Khan Protector-ruler of Tibet | |||||
2nd khan of the Khoshut Khanate | |||||
Reign | 1655-1668 | ||||
Predecessor | Güshi Khan | ||||
Successor | Gonchig Dalai Khan | ||||
Born | Tenzin Dorje (Данзандорж, བསྟན་འཛིན་རྡོ་རྗེ) | ||||
Died | 22 April 1668 Ü-Tsang, Tibet | ||||
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House | Borjigin | ||||
Dynasty | Khoshut Khanate | ||||
Father | Güshi Khan |
Dayan Khan (Mongolian: ᠳᠠᠶᠠᠨ ᠬᠠᠭᠠᠨ dayan qaɣan, died 22 April 1668) was the second khan of the Khoshut Khanate and protector-king of Tibet, ruling from 1655 to 1668. He sat on the throne during the time of the 5th Dalai Lama, Ngawang Lobsang Gyatso, but did not have a major independent role in Tibetan politics.