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Güshi Khan
Güshi Khan
(also spelled
Gushri Khan
, 1582 – 14 January 1655), was a
Khoshut
prince and leader 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
. In 1637, Güshi Khan defeated a rival
Mongol
prince
Choghtu Khong Tayiji
, a
Kagyu
follower, near
Qinghai Lake
and established his khanate in
Tibet
over the next years. His military assistance to the Gelug school enabled the
5th Dalai Lama
to establish political control over
Tibet
.
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