MUSTANG (Princely State)

 
AREA: ?? km2 TITLE: Gyalpo  ACCESSION DATE: ??
STATE: Nepal DYNASTY: ? RELIGION:
     
PRESENT RULER: JIGME PALBAR BISTA TANDUL (1959 or 1961/-), 25th Ruler of Mustang
born 1930/1934, Honourary Lieutenant Colonel in the Royal Nepalese Army.
PREDECESSORS AND SHORT HISTORY: The Kingdom of Mustang was founded ca 1380 as one of the West Tibetan or Ngari states. It was conquered by the Baisi Kingdom of Jumla ca1764, and forced to pay a yearly tribute, which, after the conquest of Jumla by the Gurkha in 1789, was then paid to the Kings of Nepal. At the same time the Kingdom continued however also to have numerous links with Tibet until the Treaty of 1856. Under Nepalese overlordship Mustang at first enjoyed a very large measure of independence. Later this was gradually limited, the abolition of the Mustang salt-trade monopoly by the Nepalese government in 1890, probably being the first move in this direction.  Rulers were...
  • Gyalpo JE ANG [Tshe-dbang] fl.1700
  • Gyalpo Krathis Namgyal [bKra-shis-rnam-rgyal] fl.1720
  • Gyalpo Tenzing Anjia [bsTan-'dzin-dbang-rgyal ] fl.1740
  • Gyalpo Anjia Dorje [dBang-rgyal-rdo-rje] fl.1780
  • Gyalpo KRASHI SINPO bKra-shis-sñin-po  (Krathis Ningpo) fl.1800
  • Gyalpo JAMPAL GRALUS 'Jam-dpal-dgra-'ldus (Jampel Traldus) fl.1825
  • Gyalpo KUNGA NORBU Kun-dga'-nor-bu  (Kunga Norbu) fl.1845
  • Gyalpo JAMYANG BANUS 'Jam-dbyangs-dban-'dus (Jamian Angdu)  -/1860
  • Gyalpo JAMYANG PALBAR ('Jam-dbyangs-dpal-'bar) 1860/1905, died 1905.
  • AMON STANZIN GRADULGyalpo AMON STANZIN GRADUL [Angun Tensing Trandul (A-mgon-bstan-'zin-dgra-'dul)] 1905/1950 and 1961/1964, died 1964.
  • UNKNOWN, married and had issue.
    • Gyalpo ANGU ONGDU NYINGPO PARBAL (qv)
    • Gyalpo JIGME PALBAR BISTA TANDUL (qv)
    • Lama Shyabthung Rimpoche, has issue.
      • Ashok Bishta, Heir-Apparent.
  • Gyalpo ANGU ONGDU NYINGPO PARBAL [Andu Sinpo] 1950/1961 (1959?), married Deki Dholker Parbal Bista, born about 1921.
  • Gyalpo JIGME DORJE GRADUL 1964/-
  • Gyalpo JIGME PALBAR BISTA TANDUL (see above)
  • OTHER MEMBERS:
    • UNKNOWN of the Zhalu Kushang family, Che clan, had issue.
      • His Eminence CHOGYE TRICHEN RINPOCHE, born 1919,  26th Patriarch of Phenpo Nalendra Monastery.
      • Jetsun Kusho Kunsang Tendron, born 1927.
      • Rani Kelsang Choeden, married Gyalpo JAMPAL TENZING DANDUL, 24th King of Mustang and had issue.
        • Daughter (youngest), married and has issue.
          • Shabdrung Ngawang Khyenrab RINCHEN PALJOR RINPOCHE, born 1971 in Lo-Charang, Mustang, a monk at the Jamchen Lhakhang Monastery.
     
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