9th Dalai Lama
9th Dalai Lama, Lungtok Gyatso | |||||||||
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| Title | His Holiness the 9th Dalai Lama | ||||||||
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| Born | 1 December 1805 Dan Chokhor, Kham, Tibet | ||||||||
| Died | 6 March 1815 (aged 9) Ü-Tsang, Tibet | ||||||||
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| Religious life | |||||||||
| Religion | Tibetan Buddhism | ||||||||
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| Period in office | 1810–1815 | ||||||||
| Predecessor | 8th Dalai Lama, Jamphel Gyatso | ||||||||
| Successor | 10th Dalai Lama, Tsultrim Gyatso | ||||||||
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| Chinese | 隆朵嘉措 | ||||||||
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| Tibetan | ལུང་རྟོགས་རྒྱ་མཚོ་ | ||||||||
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The 9th Dalai Lama, Lungtok Gyatso (full given name Lobzang Tenpai Wangchuk Lungtok Gyatso, also spelled Lungtog Gyatso and Luntok Gyatso; 1 December 1805 – 6 March 1815), 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.