9th Dalai Lama, Tibetan Buddhist spiritual leader (died 1815)

9th Dalai Lama

Spiritual leader of Tibet from 1810 to 1815

The 9th Dalai Lama, Lungtok Gyatso, was recognized as the 9th Dalai Lama of Tibet. He was the first and the youngest Dalai Lama among four successive Dalai Lamas whom succumbed to illnesses before reaching 22 years of age.