Chiefdom of Bathang
Chiefdom of Bathang (Tibetan: འབའ་ཐང་, Wylie: vbav thang ), or Chiefdom of Batang (Chinese: 巴塘土司), was an autonomous Tusi chiefdom ruled Bathang (present day Batang County of Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture) during Qing dynasty.
Chiefdom of Bathang འབའ་ཐང | |||||||||
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| 1719–1906 | |||||||||
| Capital | Bathang | ||||||||
| Common languages | Khams Tibetan | ||||||||
| chieftain | |||||||||
• 1719–17?? | Norbu Ngawang (first) | ||||||||
• 18??–1906 | Tashi Gyaltsen (last) | ||||||||
| vice chieftain | |||||||||
• 1719-17?? | Tashi Tsering (first) | ||||||||
• 18??-1906 | Drakpa Gyaltsen (last) | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Established | 1719 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 1906 | ||||||||
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Bathang belonged to Chiefdom of Lijiang during Ming dynasty. Later, it was occupied by Khoshut Khanate. In 1703, Lha-bzang Khan appointed two desi to govern here. In 1719, a Chinese army under Yue Zhongqi marched to conquer Tibet, two desi surrendered to Chinese. They were appointed chieftain and vice chieftain by Chinese respectively.[1]
Bathang, Lithang, Chakla and Derge were called "Four Great Native Chiefdom in Kham" (康区四大土司) by Chinese. In 1725, Bathang was separated from Tibet. From then on, it was under the jurisdiction of Sichuan. Bathang chieftains were appointed by Chinese emperors directly.[1]
Under the inspiration of Guangxu's expansion policy, many Chinese migrated to Kham. It irritated the local Tibetan. In 1905, Bathang murdered a Chinese official Fengquan (鳳全). Then Bathang revolted against Qing China. The rebellion was put down by Zhao Erfeng in the same year.[2] The last chieftain and vice chieftain were captured by Zhao, and tortured to death.[3] Bathang was annexed by China in the next year.
References
- 清王朝敕封的康区土司
- Schaeffer, Kurtis R.; Kapstein, Matthew; Tuttle, Gray, eds. (2013). Sources of Tibetan Tradition (illustrated ed.). Columbia University Press. p. xxxvi. ISBN 023113598X. Retrieved 24 April 2014.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- 国庆 (1989). "赵尔丰及其巴塘经营" [Zhao Erfeng and his Batang operations.]. 西藏研究 (4).