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Güshi Khan (1582 – 14 January 1655 was a Khoshut prince and founder of the Khoshut Khanate, who supplanted the Tumed descendants of Altan Khan as the main benefactor of the Dalai Lama and the Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism.
The Khoshut Khanate was a Mongol Oirat khanate based in the Tibetan Plateau from 1642 to 1717. Based in modern Qinghai, it was founded by Güshi Khan in 1642 after defeating the opponents of the Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism in Tibet. The 5th Dalai Lama established a civil administration known as Ganden Phodrang with the aid of ...
The invaders defeated and killed Lha-bzang Khan (the last khan of the Khoshut Khanate), a great-grandson of Güshi Khan and the fifth Dharma king of Tibet. The Dzungars deposed a pretender to the position of the Dalai Lama who had previously been promoted by Lha-bzang Khan.
固始汗（即“国师汗”的音译，清译顾实汗，蒙语转写：Güshi Khan，西里尔字母：Гүш Хаан；1582年－1655年1月24日），孛儿只斤氏，本名图鲁拜琥（一译图鲁拜呼，蒙语意为“天资聪颖”，蒙语转写：Torobaikhu，西里尔字母：Төрбайх）。
Güshi (or Gushri) Khan (1582–1655), a Khoshut prince and leader of the Khoshut Khanate, who had supplanted the Tumed descendants of Altan Khan. His military assistance to the Gelug school enabled the 5th Dalai Lama to establish political control over Tibet.
Güshi Khan conquered Kham in 1640 bringing the Sakyas and the lords of Kham and Amdo under their control. His victory over the prince of Tsang in Shigatse in 1642, completed the unification of the country, and displacing the rival dominant school of the Karmapas.
Oct 23, 2015 · The Oirat leader Güshi Khan (1582–1655) assisted the 5th Dalai Lama in winning political sovereignty over Tibet. By 1630, the Kalmyks had split from their mother clan and moved from Dzungaria (the northern half of the modern-day Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region) to the lower region of the Volga River, founding their own khanate.
