1. Bogd Khan was the spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism in the Bogd Khaganate.
10 Facts About Bogd Khan
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The future Bogd Khan was born in 1869 in the area of Lhasa, in a family of a Tibetan official.
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Bogd Khan was born as Agvaan Luvsan Choijinnyam Danzan Vanchug.
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Bogd Khan's father, Gonchigtseren, was an accountant at the 12th Dalai Lama's court.
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The new Bogd Khan Gegen arrived in Urga, the capital of Outer Mongolia, in 1874.
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Ossendowski's claims for his acquaintance with the Bogd Khan Gegen were not confirmed by comparative analysis of his book and manuscripts.
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The Bogd Khan Gegen lost his power when Chinese governance was restored in 1919.
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The Tusiyetu Bogd Khan Aimak's Prince Darchin Ch'in Wang was a supporter of Chinese rule while his younger brother Tsewang was a supporter of Ungern-Sternberg.
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When Baron Ungern's forces failed to seize Urga in his 1920 invasion, the Bogd Khan was placed under house arrest; then he became a puppet of Ungern shortly before he took Urga in 1921.
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Nevertheless, the next reincarnation of Bogd Khan Gegen was found in Tibet as a boy born in 1932 in Lhasa.