Significant1639 – 1642 · 3 years

Khoshut conquest of Tibet

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Shigatse · Lhasa · Kham (Beri) · Tibet

Estimated casualties

Casualty figures unrecorded for this conflict.

Campaigns of 1639–1642 in which the Oirat Mongol leader Güshi Khan defeated the Beri king and the Tsangpa ruler, took Shigatse, and brought all Tibet under Gelug control, founding the Khoshut Khanate and installing the 5th Dalai Lama's Ganden Phodrang government.

Belligerents2

Khoshut Khanate (Güshi Khan)
Tsangpa kingdom and allies

Sources

Wikipedia: Khoshut Khanate
Wikipedia: Güshi Khan
Wikipedia — text reused under CC BY-SA 4.0

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