The Khoshut Khanate originated the “priest–patron relationship” underlying the Ganden Phodrang system in this region. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this region where the Mongolian ʼphags-pa script originated. The Khoshut Khan Güshi shared power with the 5th Dalai Lama, who re-established Lhasa as the capital of this region.
ANSWER: Tibet [or Böd or Xīzàng; accept Amdo or Ü Tsang or Kham; accept Tibetan Plateau or Qinghai–Tibet Plateau or Qīng–Zàng Gāoyuán]
[10h] The Khoshut were one of four tribes comprising this Mongol subgroup, who rivaled the Tümeds and later founded the Kalmyk Khanate. A leader of these people captured the Zhèngtǒng (“JUNG-tong”) emperor in one military campaign.
ANSWER: Oirats [or Oirad or Oirds or Wǎlà; accept Eluts or Eleuths or Èlǔtè; accept the Four Oirat or Dorben Oirad] (Esen Taishi captured the Zhèngtǒng emperor during the Tumu Crisis.)
[10m] This Qīng emperor began a series of wars with the Dzungar subgroup of the Oirat, which led to a genocide ordered by his grandson Qiánlóng. This longest-reigning Chinese emperor names a dictionary of Chinese characters.
ANSWER: Emperor Kāngxī [or the Kāngxī Emperor or Kāngxīdì or Emperor Shèngzǔ of Qīng; accept Kāngxī zìdiǎn or Kāngxī Dictionary]
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