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... He also served as head of a military force organized by the Qing provincial governor in 1849 that sought to oppose the Nyarong leader Gonpo Namgyel (mgon po rnam rgyal). ...

Read more from the biography of Do Khyentse Yeshe Dorje


According to Shakabpa, Dokhar Tsewang Norbu was a member of the Tibetan military expedition that defeated Gonpo Namgyel (dgon po rnam rgya, 1799–1863) of Nyarong in the 1860s, alongside cabinet minister Pulung Puntsok Tsewang Dorje (phu lung phun tshogs tshe dbang rdo rje, d ...

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... 1902), who appears to have participated in the Tibetan defeat of the chieftain of Nyarong, Gonpo Namgyel (mgon po rnam rgyal, 1799–1865).[2] ...

Read more from the biography of Dorje Sengge


The Jago family had been a prominent member of the Derge aristocracy since Jago Tobden's grandfather, Jago Pema Ledrub (bya rgod padma las grub) played a role in protecting of the Derge capital during the Nyarong War and in defeating Gonpo Namgyel (mgon po rnam rgyal, 1799-1865).[1] He was given the position of chief steward (gnyer chen) by Queen Choying Zangmo (chos dbyang bzang mo), who was acting as regent for her son, Pelden Chime Takpai Dorje (dpal ldan 'chi med rtag pa'i rdo rje, 1851–1898), and, according to oral accounts, was later poisoned on her order after revealing her affair with a subordinate headman.[2] ...

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... This conflict erupted due to the militant expansion of the Nyarong warlord Nyake Amgon Gonpo Namgyel (nyag skad a mgon mgon po rnam rgyal, 1799-1865) from the Nyarong (nyag rong) valley in central Kham ...

Read more from the biography of Jamgon Kongtrul Lodro Taye


... Most of the monks were refugees from Yarlung Pemako in Serta, the monastery founded by his previous; the monks apparently had fled Golok during the Nyarong War of Gonpo Namgyel (mgon po rnam rgyal) ...

Read more from the biography of Jigme Tenpai Nyima


... This was at a time when the Tibetan government in Lhasa administered the neighboring Nyarong region, having conquered it in 1865 by defeating the Nyarong chieftain Gonpo Namgyel (mgon po rnam rgyal, 1799–1865) ...

Read more from the biography of Khangsar Yangchen Drolma


Mingyur Namkhai Dorje's fame appears to have earned him the reverence of the Nyarong warlord Nyake Amgon Gonpo Namgyel (nyag sked a mgon mgon po rnam rgyal, d ...

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... 1902), who appears to have participated in the Tibetan defeat of the chieftain of Nyarong, Gonpo Namgyel (mgon po rnam rgyal, 1799–1865) ...

Read more from the biography of Ngawang Jampel Rinchen


Chime Takpai Dorje was not enthroned, however, until the conclusion of the Nyarong War, a conflict during which a chieftain of Nyarong, Gonpo Namgyel (mgon po rnam rgyal, 1799–1865) conquered most neighboring territories ...

Read more from the biography of Pelden Chime Takpai Dorje


... The reasons for going apparently included gathering donations and praying for the defeat of Nyarong Gonpo Namgyel (nyag rong mgon po nam rgyal, d ...

Read more from the biography of Tamdrin Wangmo


In 1862 or 1863, Getse was one of many important eastern Tibetan lamas taken hostage by the Nyarong-based warlord, Gonpo Namgyel (mgon po rnam rgyal, 1799–1863) ...

Read more from the biography of Tsewang Rigdzin Gyatso


... The temple, Chokgyur Lingpa argued, was needed to prevent the onslaught of Gonpo Namgyel (mgon po rnam rgyal), the warlord from Nyarong (nyag rong) who was currently building his armies and expanding his territories ...

Read more from the biography of Chokgyur Lingpa


... During the war Khyentse Wangpo ransomed the safety of Dzongsar, although some buildings were burned by the Nyarong (nyag rong) chieftain Gonpo Namgyel's (mgon po rnam rgyal, 1799-1863) forces ...

Read more from the biography of Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo


During the Nyarong War in the 1850s-1860s, Nyake Amgon Gonpo Namgyel (nyag sked a mgon mgon po rnam rgyal, d ...

Read more from the biography of Jigme Puntsok Jungne


... In 1896, however, the Chinese Governor of Sichuan, Lu Chuanlin 鹿傳霖, launched a military attack in Kham in an attempt to gain control of an area called Nyarong (nyag rong), which had been governed by Lhasa since the Lhasa government’s defeat of the regional warlord Gonpo Namgyel (mgon po rnam rgyal, d ...

Read more from the biography of Tubten Gyatso