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As a youth, Galdan was sent to Lhasa to be educated as a lama under the 5th Dalai Lama. When Galdan heard that his eldest brother, Sengge, was murdered by a half brother, [[Tseten]], he renounced his status as a lama and quickly returned to the [[Irtysh]] Valley to avenge his brother's death.<ref name="Smith116">Smith 1997, p. 116</ref> Galdan was granted the title Hongtaiji in 1671 by the [[Dalai Lama]]. After victory over Ochirtu Khan, the Dalai Lama gave Galdan the highest title of Boshughtu Khan. |
As a youth, Galdan was sent to Lhasa to be educated as a lama under the 5th Dalai Lama. When Galdan heard that his eldest brother, Sengge, was murdered by a half brother, [[Tseten]], he renounced his status as a lama and quickly returned to the [[Irtysh]] Valley to avenge his brother's death.<ref name="Smith116">Smith 1997, p. 116</ref> Galdan was granted the title Hongtaiji in 1671 by the [[Dalai Lama]]. After victory over Ochirtu Khan, the Dalai Lama gave Galdan the highest title of Boshughtu Khan. |
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During Galdan's rule, Dzungaria embraced Eastern Turkistan and parts of Central Asia, which he conquered by 1679. He is the founder of [[Kobdo]] city, which was his military garrison. To oppose the expansion of the [[Manchu Empire]], Galdan attempted to unify Mongolia |
During Galdan's rule, Dzungaria embraced Eastern Turkistan and parts of Central Asia, which he conquered by 1679. He is the founder of [[Kobdo]] city, which was his military garrison. To oppose the expansion of the [[Manchu Empire]], Galdan attempted to unify Mongolia. Acting in defiance of contrary orders from [[Kangxi]] and [[Ngawang Lobsang Gyatso, "The Great" 5th Dalai Lama|the 5th Dalai Lama]], he entered [[Khalkha]] territory and defeated the Khalkha in 1688.<ref name="Smith118">Smith 1997, p. 118</ref> While he was fighting in Eastern Mongolia, his nephew [[Tsewang Rabtan]] seized the Dzungarian throne in 1689. After a series of successful battles in the [[Khangai]] mountains, at Lake Olgoi and Ulahui river, he approached near the [[Great Wall]]. The Khalkha leaders retreated to Inner Mongolia with their troops and the Khalkha territory fell under Galdan's rule. The Qing deceived him to arrive near Beijing saying that they needed a treaty, but ambushed him at Ulaan Budan, where Galdan's troops were seriously defeated by the Khalkha troops supported by the [[Qing Dynasty|Qing]] army and Galdan retreated back to Khalkha. This time, the Qing Emperor Kangxi dared to cross the [[Gobi]] to invade Khalkha and Galdan's troops were surrounded by the overwhelming Qing army at a site Zuunmod at the river Terelj in 1696. Galdan was saved freed from the encirclement by his spouse [[queen Anu]] who herself lost her life during the battle. With his remaining troops, Galdan retreated to Kobdo. He died in 1697. The Dzungars said it was a sudden illness. Contemporary Chinese and Chinese historians said it was suicide. Murder is also a possibility. |
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Эрдэнийн Галдан Erdeniin Galdan | |
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Khan | |
Predecessor | Sengge |
Successor | Tsewang Rabtan |
Consort | Queen Anu |
House | Choros |
Dynasty | Jungaria |
Father | Erdeni Batur Hongtaiji |
Mother | Amin-Dara |
Choros Erdeniin Galdan (1644–1697) was a Dzungar-Oirat Khan of the Dzungar Khanate. He was the fourth son of Erdeni Baatur Hongtaiji, founder of the Zunghar Khanate, thus Galdan is a descendant of Esen taishi. Galdan's mother Amin-Dara was a daughter of Güshi Khan, the first Khoshut-Oirat King of Tibet and 4th Wênsa Zhügu.
As a youth, Galdan was sent to Lhasa to be educated as a lama under the 5th Dalai Lama. When Galdan heard that his eldest brother, Sengge, was murdered by a half brother, Tseten, he renounced his status as a lama and quickly returned to the Irtysh Valley to avenge his brother's death.[1] Galdan was granted the title Hongtaiji in 1671 by the Dalai Lama. After victory over Ochirtu Khan, the Dalai Lama gave Galdan the highest title of Boshughtu Khan.
During Galdan's rule, Dzungaria embraced Eastern Turkistan and parts of Central Asia, which he conquered by 1679. He is the founder of Kobdo city, which was his military garrison. To oppose the expansion of the Manchu Empire, Galdan attempted to unify Mongolia. Acting in defiance of contrary orders from Kangxi and the 5th Dalai Lama, he entered Khalkha territory and defeated the Khalkha in 1688.[2] While he was fighting in Eastern Mongolia, his nephew Tsewang Rabtan seized the Dzungarian throne in 1689. After a series of successful battles in the Khangai mountains, at Lake Olgoi and Ulahui river, he approached near the Great Wall. The Khalkha leaders retreated to Inner Mongolia with their troops and the Khalkha territory fell under Galdan's rule. The Qing deceived him to arrive near Beijing saying that they needed a treaty, but ambushed him at Ulaan Budan, where Galdan's troops were seriously defeated by the Khalkha troops supported by the Qing army and Galdan retreated back to Khalkha. This time, the Qing Emperor Kangxi dared to cross the Gobi to invade Khalkha and Galdan's troops were surrounded by the overwhelming Qing army at a site Zuunmod at the river Terelj in 1696. Galdan was saved freed from the encirclement by his spouse queen Anu who herself lost her life during the battle. With his remaining troops, Galdan retreated to Kobdo. He died in 1697. The Dzungars said it was a sudden illness. Contemporary Chinese and Chinese historians said it was suicide. Murder is also a possibility.
Popular fiction
Galdan appears in Jin Yong's final Wuxia novel, The Deer and The Cauldron, where he became sworn brothers with the novel's main protagonist Wei Xiaobao and the Tibetan Lama Sangjie.
Notes
References
- Smith, Warren W., Jr. Tibetan Nation: A History Of Tibetan Nationalism And Sino-tibetan Relations (1997) Westview press. ISBN 978-0813332802
Further reading
- Zlatkin, Ilia Iakovlevich (1964). История Джунгарского ханства, 1635-1758. (History of the Jungarian Khanate, 1635-1758 ).