List of Dalai Lamas
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This is a list of Dalai Lamas of Tibet. There have been 14 recognised incarnations of the Dalai Lama.
Quick Facts Dalai Lama as temporal ruler of Tibet, Style ...
Dalai Lama as temporal ruler of Tibet | |
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Style | His Holiness |
Residence | Potala Palace Norbulingka |
Seat | Lhasa |
Term length | Life tenure |
Formation | 1642 |
First holder | 5th Dalai Lama |
Final holder | 14th Dalai Lama |
Abolished | 23 May 1951 (Seventeen Point Agreement) |
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There has also been one non-recognised Dalai Lama, Ngawang Yeshe Gyatso (declared in 1707), by Lha-bzang Khan as the "true" 6th Dalai Lama – however, he was never accepted as such by the majority of the Tibetan people.[1][2][3]