- Bogd Khan
The Bogd Khan (Mongolian _mn. Богд хаан; 1869-1924) was enthroned as the Emperor (Khan) of
Mongolia on 29 December 1911, when the country declared independence from theQing Dynasty . As the eighthJebtsundamba Khutugtu, he had already been the spiritual leader of Mongolia's TibetanBuddhism .He was placed under house arrest when Chinese troops occupied the country in 1919, but he was freed and reinstated by Baron Ungern's forces, shortly before they took Urga. After the revolution led by
Damdin Sükhbaatar , the Bogd Khan was allowed to stay on the throne in a limited monarchy until his death in 1924. After his death, the Communist government declared that no more reincarnations were to be found and established theMongolian People's Republic . However, a reincarnation of the Jebtsundamba Khutugtu was found in northern Mongolia almost immediately but then disappears from the record. The matter was referred to theDalai Lama inLhasa in 1929 for mediation who determined that a ninth reincarnation had been born in 1932 in Lhasa. The Thirteenth Dalai Lama died in 1933. The Ninth Jebtsundamba Khutugtu was formally enthroned inUlaan Bator by the fourteenth Dalai Lama in 1999.Despite being a
lama , the eighth Jebtsundmba Khutuktu had a queen, named Dondogdulam and known as Ekh Dagina (Dakini Mother). She died in 1923.The "Winter Palace of the Bogd Khan"coord|47|53|51|N|106|54|24|E|region:CN_type:landmark has been preserved and is a tourist attraction in Ulaanbaatar.
External links
* [http://www.zanabazar.mn/Guide/WinterPalace/winterpalace.html Article] on the Winter Palace
* Second [http://www.culture.mn/mongolia.php?recordID=winter-palace-of-the-bogd-khaan article] on the Winter Palace
* [http://www.museum.upenn.edu/Mongolia/section2c.shtml Article] about the Bogd Khan and the 1921 revolution
* [http://www.nationalmuseum.mn/exh/bogd/bogd.html Notes] on the Bogd Khan at the National Museum of Mongolian History
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