13th Dalai Lama (died 1933)

13th Dalai Lama

Spiritual leader of Tibet from 1879 to 1933

The 13th Dalai Lama, Thubten Gyatso was the 13th Dalai Lama of Tibet, enthroned during a turbulent modern era. He presided during the collapse of the Qing dynasty, and is referred to as "the Great Thirteenth", responsible for redeclaring Tibet's national independence, and for…