The priest and patron relationship, also written as priest–patron or cho-yon, is the Tibetan political theory that the relationship between Tibet and China referred to a symbiotic link between a spiri
Statues of the Fifth Dalai Lama and (apparently) Güshi Khan seen by Johann Grueber in the lobby of the Dalai Lama's palace in 1661
Tibet under Qing rule
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The Qing dynasty, led by the Manchus, ruled Tibet from 1720 to 1912. The Qing called Tibet a fanbu, fanbang or fanshu, which has usually been translated as "vassal", "vassal state", or "borderlands",
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Lungtok Gyatso, 9th Dalai Lama, with lamas and monks, and ambans inattendance, around 1808.
Lhasa Amban's yamen from Southeast around 1900–1901.