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12th Dalai Lama, Trinley Gyatso | |||||||
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| Title | His Holiness the 12thDalai Lama | ||||||
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| Born | (1856-12-28)28 December 1856[1][2] | ||||||
| Died | 25 April 1875(1875-04-25) (aged 18) | ||||||
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| Religion | Tibetan Buddhism | ||||||
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| Period in office | 1860–1875 | ||||||
| Predecessor | 11th Dalai Lama, Khedrup Gyatso | ||||||
| Successor | 13th Dalai Lama, Thubten Gyatso | ||||||
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| Chinese | 成烈嘉措 | ||||||
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| Tibetan | འཕྲིན་ལས་རྒྱ་མཚོ། | ||||||
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Trinley Gyatso (also spelledTrinle Gyatso andThinle Gyatso; 28 December 1856 – 25 April 1875) was the 12thDalai Lama ofTibet.
His short life coincided with a time of major political unrest and wars among Tibet's neighbours. TheBritish Empire, which controlledIndia, was expanding its influence northwards, while theQing dynasty, weakened by theOpium Wars and theTaiping Rebellion, lost influence in Tibet, leaving the Tibetans politically adrift.[citation needed]
He was recognised as a reincarnation of the Dalai Lama in 1858 and enthroned in 1860. During his period of training as a child, Tibet banned Europeans from entering the country due to British wars withSikkim andBhutan, both of whom were controlled to a considerable degree by the lamas inLhasa. These wars were seen as efforts to colonise Tibet—something seen as unacceptable by the lamas. Also, with Christian missionaries threatening to enter Tibet via theMekong andSalween Rivers, Tibetans tried to emphasize the Qing dynasty's authority over Tibet in the 1860s.[3][need quotation to verify]
Trinley Gyatso was fully enthroned as Dalai Lama on 11 March 1873 but could not stamp his full authority on Tibet because he died of a mysterious illness on 25 April 1875.[4]
The Twelfth Dalai Lama, Trinle Gyatso ... was born ... in 1856, on the first day of the twelfth month of fire-dragon year of the fourteenth sexagenary cycle.
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| Preceded by | Dalai Lama 1860–1875 Recognized in 1858 | Succeeded by |