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Asian dynasties

Emperors, khans, kings and lamas of China, Korea, Mongolia, Tibet, Central Asia and the Gulf, and the fortunes of their heirs.

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What do the asian dynasties estate cases show?

When a crown is abolished, the line between the king's private estate and state property has to be drawn by the new state. A trust deed decides who holds a monastery, whatever the faithful decide about who holds the title.

Stories
49
Years
1250 BCE to 2024
Main regions
East Asia, Middle East, South Asia
Legal traditions
Chinese and East Asian law, Civil law
Updated
30 October 2026

Every case in asian dynasties, best-known first

Best-known first: cases from 1900 on, then the United States, then Europe, and the people most read about on English Wikipedia each month. Fiction, scripture and legend come last.

Palden Thondup Namgyal: Palden Thondup Namgyal, 12th and last Chogyal (king) of Sikkim.1982 · Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, USA; GangtIndian troops disarmed Sikkim's palace guard in 1975; the last king died in New York, his heir died on a mountain road, and a federal committee was still deciding which palace property the family ownsPalden Thondup Namgyal was born in 1923, the second son of Sikkim's ruler.hcs.gov.in and 3 moreRumtek Monastery 01: Plaque of Rumtek Monastery, Sikkim, India1981 · Zion, Illinois, USA; Rumtek Monastery, Sikkim, IndiaThe 16th Karmapa died in Illinois in 1981; two rival successors were enthroned, and the Black Crown he left at Rumtek has gone unused sinceThe 16th Karmapa, head of the Karma Kagyu school, left Tibet in 1959 with the Black Crown, the school's central relic, and placed it at his monastery at Rumtek in Sikkim.www2.kenyon.edu and 3 more14th Dalai Lama: Tenzin Gyatso - Trento 2013 011989 · Tashilhunpo Monastery, Shigatse, Tibet, ChinaThe Dalai Lama named a six-year-old as Panchen Lama in 1995; the boy disappeared within days and China installed another boy chosen from a golden urnThe 10th Panchen Lama died at Tashilhunpo Monastery on 28 January 1989. Chadrel Rinpoche, the abbot, led the official search for his reincarnation.tashilhunpo.org and 4 moreLee Kun-hee: Lee Kun-Hee2020 · SeoulSamsung chairman Lee Kun-hee's heirs paid 12 trillion won in inheritance tax, the largest in Korean historyLee Kun-hee led Samsung for more than three decades. He was convicted in 2008 and pardoned in 2009. He had a heart attack in May 2014 and was in hospital until his death at 78.khan.co.kr and 3 moreMap of United Kingdom, marked on the globe2014 · London, EnglandA Qatari collector died in 2014 owing auction houses millions; his heirs split over his blue diamond, and a cousin's company sued to buy itSheikh Saud bin Mohammed Ali Al-Thani was Qatar's culture minister from 1997 to 2005 and a major collector. In 2012 the auctioneers Baldwin's sued him in London over unpaid coins, and their barrister called him a serial defaulter.The National Archives, Find Case Law and 2 moreSaid bin Taimur in the United Kingdom - 1939: A picture of the 13th Sultan of Muscat and Oman, and the poet Hilal bin Badr (right) and Abd al-Mun'im al-Zawawi (left) before him1972 · Salalah, Oman; London, EnglandOman's sultan was counting his money when his son demanded his abdication in 1970; he fired a pistol, signed, and flew to London that nightSaid bin Taimur ruled Oman from 1932. He kept the country poor under an austerity programme and barred emigrants from coming home.meforum.org and 3 moreRafiq Hariri: Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld (left) escorts Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri into the Pentagon on April 25, 2001. Rumsfeld and Hariri will meet to disc2005 · Beirut, LebanonRafik Hariri was killed in 2005; his family chose the second son as political heir, the other brothers sold him their shares of Saudi Oger, and the company closed in 2017On 14 February 2005 a bomb in central Beirut killed former prime minister Rafik Hariri and 21 others and injured 226.news.un.org and 4 moreBogd Khan: Depicted person: Bogd Khan – Great Khan of Outer Mongolia (1869–1924)1924 · Urga (Ulaanbaatar), MongoliaWhen the Bogd Khan died in 1924, Mongolia's government took his seal, declared a republic and banned the search for his reincarnationThe 8th Jebtsundamba Khutuktu was born in Tibet in 1869 and became head of Buddhism in Mongolia. When Mongolia broke from the Qing in 1911 he became the Bogd Khan, ruler of the state.dalailama.com and 4 moreEmpress Dowager Cixi: The Ci-Xi Imperial Dowager Empress (9.2)1875 · Beijing and Jizhou (Tianjin), ChinaCixi made her sister's son emperor, an official killed himself to object to the adoption, and the emperor died of arsenic in 1908The Tongzhi Emperor died in the twelfth month of the lunar year in early 1875 with no son. The empresses dowager Ci'an and Cixi chose Zaitian, aged three, son of Prince Chun and of Cixi's younger sister.zh.wikisource.org and 4 moreZong Qinghou2024 · Hangzhou, ChinaWahaha founder Zong Qinghou's three other children froze $1.8 billion in Hong Kong to claim trusts he wrote by handZong Qinghou built Wahaha into China's largest beverage maker. His eldest daughter, Zong Fuli, took control after his death in 2024.caixinglobal.com and 2 moreSursock Palace main hall after explosion: Second hall of the Sursock Palace, emptied of most furnishings after the 2020 Beirut port explosion. Statue depicts the Allegory of the Ni2020 · Achrafieh, Beirut, LebanonOne Sursock left his Beirut villa to the city as a museum; another Sursock palace passed to a single heiress; the 2020 port blast hit both, and she died of her injuriesMoussa and Anastasia Sursock built their palace in Beirut in 1860 with the Balyan family of architects, who also worked for the Ottoman sultans.sursock.museum and 3 moreMap of Taiwan, marked on the globe2016 · Taipei, TaiwanEvergreen's founder left his whole personal fortune to his youngest son, the three older half-brothers removed him from the airline, and the courts upheld the willChang Yung-fa founded Evergreen Marine in 1968 with one used bulk ship and built Asia's largest container fleet and EVA Air. He had four children with his first wife, Lin Chin-chih, and one son, Chang Kuo-wei, with his second wife.taiwannews.com.tw and 3 moreSheikh Hamad bin Khalifa bin Ahmed Al Thani: Qatar Football Association President Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa bin Ahmed Al Thani during the season opening ceremony of the Qatar Stars 2016 · Doha, QatarQatar's emir took power from his cousin in 1972; in 1995 his son took it from him and froze his bank accounts abroadIn 1971 Qatar's ruler, Ahmad bin Ali, reportedly took about a quarter of the country's oil income, and the wider Al Thani family a third to a half.archives.mees.com and 7 moreDhayah Fort, Ras Al Khaimah: A conical shaped hill at the edge of the palm gardens and at the foot of the mountains, served as a natural defense post for the oasis. People have use2010 · Ras al-Khaimah, United Arab EmiratesRas al-Khaimah's ruler removed his eldest son as heir after four decades; when the ruler died in 2010 the son came home to claim the throne and his guards were arrestedSaqr bin Mohammed took power in Ras al-Khaimah in 1948 in a bloodless palace coup against his uncle. His eldest son, Khalid, was crown prince for more than four decades.washingtoninstitute.org and 3 moreYi Gu: Yi Gu ( 1931~2005) as a young boy in Japan.2005 · Akasaka Prince Hotel, Tokyo, Japan; Seoul and Namyangju, SouThe last Korean imperial heir divorced his American wife after relatives pressed for a son, died in the Tokyo building where he was born, and was given an adopted son after his deathYi Gu was born in Tokyo in 1931, son of Crown Prince Yi Un and Yi Bangja, a Japanese princess, and grandson of Emperor Gojong. He studied architecture in the United States and worked in New York for I. M. Pei's firm.donga.com and 3 moreSun Hung Kai Centre at night: Hong Kong Sun Hung Kai Centre at night.1990 · Hong KongSun Hung Kai's eldest son was kidnapped for a record ransom, then removed as chairman by his mother, who controlled the family's sharesKwok Tak-seng founded Sun Hung Kai Properties. After his death in 1990 his sons Walter, Thomas and Raymond ran it.hkexnews.hk and 3 moreStamp of Abu Dhabi - 1964 - Colnect 197383 - Sheikh Shakhbut bin Sultan Al Nahyan: Perforation varieties · Perf 13 x 13½ (Mi 3C, Sn 3a, Sg 3a): See variants · Overprints · "20 Fils1989 · Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesThree Abu Dhabi rulers were killed in family feuds in six years; the survivors swore to their mother never to do it again, and in 1966 one brother removed another without bloodshedIn 1922 Sultan bin Zayed murdered his brother Hamdan, the ruler, and found the treasury almost empty. In 1926 another brother, Saqr, shot Sultan after a family dinner. In 1928 Saqr was hunted down and killed.christopherdavidson.net and 4 moreBurkhan Khaldun mount3: Burkhan Khaldun mount1227 · Burkhan Khaldun, Khentii Mountains, Mongolia (reputed burialGenghis Khan's sons fought over the eldest son's birth before he named a successor, and his grave was never recordedThe Secret History of the Mongols records that before his war against the Khwarazm Shah, Genghis Khan's wife Yesui asked which of his four sons would rule if he died. He asked his eldest, Jochi, to speak.zh.wikisource.org and 5 moreYahya Muhammad Hamid ed-Din: Drawing showing Imam Yahya of Yemen (Yahya Muhammad Hamidaddin, 1869–1948), who succeeded his father as imam in 1904, on the frontispiece page of Ameen1948 · near Sanaa, YemenYemen's Imam Yahya groomed his son to inherit an office meant to go to the most able; rebels killed him in 1948, and the tribes that won the throne back for the son looted SanaaYahya ruled Yemen as Zaydi imam from 1904. Zaydi doctrine says the imamate goes to the most capable candidate, not the eldest son.gulfnews.com and 3 more5th Reting Rinpoche in his tent: Jamphel Yeshe Gyaltsen, the 5th Reting Rinpoche in his tent.1947 · Potala Palace, Lhasa, Tibet, ChinaThe regent who found the 14th Dalai Lama handed power to a rival in 1941, was arrested for plotting to take it back, and died in a Potala cellThupten Jampel Yeshe Gyaltsen, the fifth Reting Rinpoche, was born about 1911 to a poor family and studied at Sera Monastery. After the 13th Dalai Lama died, he was appointed regent in 1934.tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk and 2 moreThrone of Mir Sayyid Alim Khan: 1911-19201944 · Qalai Fatu, near Kabul, AfghanistanThe last emir of Bukhara fled across a river on a raft in 1920 and left three sons behind; two were shot and the third publicly renounced himAlim Khan ruled the emirate of Bukhara from 1911. The Red Army took Bukhara in September 1920. Before he fled, he ordered the harem in the Ark citadel blown up; it is unclear whether the women were still inside.peripheralhistories.co.uk and 2 moreConfucius: Confucius, fresco from a Western Han tomb of Dongping County, Shandong province, China (cropped)1919 · Qufu, Shandong, China; Taipei, TaiwanConfucius's 77th-generation heir was made a duke as a baby, and Red Guards later dug up his father and hung the body from a treeFrom 1055 Chinese governments gave the title Duke Yansheng to the eldest male in each generation of Confucius's main line, with estates at Qufu. The 76th duke, Kong Lingyi, died in 1919.archive.spectator.co.uk and 5 morePalace of Heavenly Purity (20220218132818): Qianqing Palace, where the famous "Zheng Da Guang Ming" plaque is located.1722 · Changchun Garden and the Palace of Heavenly Purity, Beijing,The Kangxi Emperor deposed his heir twice, and the son who followed him hid the next heir's name behind a palace plaqueIn the ninth month of 1708 the Kangxi Emperor announced the crimes of his crown prince, Yinreng, had him seized and deposed him. He restored him, and in 1712 deposed him again and confined him in the Xian'an Palace.zh.wikisource.org and 4 moreBronzePlaque-EdictOfSecondEmperor-Qin-ROM-May8-08: Small bronze plaque containing an edict from the second emperor of the Qin dynasty. 209 BC. Cat # 931.13.195 Bishop C. White Coll210 BCE · Shaqiu (Guangzong, Hebei), ChinaThe Shiji says the First Emperor's chancellor and his seal-keeper forged his last letter, and his eldest son killed himself on the forged orderThe Shiji, completed by Sima Qian about a century later, gives this account. The First Emperor had more than 20 sons. His eldest, Fusu, had criticised him and was sent north to the army of the general Meng Tian.zh.wikisource.org and 4 moreБегство Кучума из города Кашлык: The conquest of Siberia by Yermak (1580—1585). The miniature depicts the fall of Qashliq to Yermak, and the flight of Khan Kuchum (23-25 October 151605 · Irmen River on the Ob, near Novosibirsk, RussiaSiberia's last khan lost his capital to Cossacks in 1582 and his family to Moscow in 1598; his descendants served the tsars as Princes SibirskyKuchum, a Shaybanid descendant of Genghis Khan, took the throne of the khanate of Sibir in 1563 from Yadegar, a vassal of Moscow. In October 1582 the Cossack Yermak captured his capital, Qashliq.sipec.aoyama.ac.jp and 2 moreWu Zetian: 唐后行從圖 (局部) - 武則天705 · Luoyang, Henan; buried at Qianling, Shaanxi, ChinaWu Zetian deposed one son, had another forced to kill himself, made herself emperor, and was buried as an empress in her husband's sealed tombWu Zetian was empress to Emperor Gaozong. Their son Zhongzong took the throne after his father died. The Zizhi Tongjian records that early in 684 he said he could give the empire to his father-in-law, Wei Xuanzhen, if he liked.zh.wikisource.org and 5 moreKoxinga: The Portrait of Koxinga鄭成功畫像1662 · Tainan, TaiwanKoxinga ordered his heir and his own wife killed over a child born to a wet nurse, and died before his generals obeyedKoxinga, a Ming loyalist commander, took Taiwan from the Dutch in 1662. His eldest son, Zheng Jing, held Xiamen. Lian Heng's General History of Taiwan (1920) says Zheng Jing, 19, had a son with his younger brother's wet nurse.zh.wikisource.org and 3 moreLetter of Kenesary-sultan: Письмо Кенесары Касымова Оренбургскому военному губернатору. 22 февраля 1841 г. Подлинник. ЦГА РК. Ф. 4.1847 · Keklik-Sengir valley, KyrgyzstanKenesary Khan was beheaded in 1847 and his skull sent to Omsk as a trophy; in 2021 Putin promised to return itKenesary Kasymov was a grandson of Ablai Khan and a descendant of Genghis Khan. After 1821 the Russian empire abolished the khan's government on the steppe.rferl.org and 2 moreStanding Portrait of Emperor Tang Taizong (I): This depicts Emperor Taizong of Tang (唐太宗).626 · Xuanwu Gate, Chang'an (Xi'an), Shaanxi, ChinaLi Shimin killed his two brothers at the Xuanwu Gate, executed their ten sons and had the throne from his father within two monthsLi Yuan founded the Tang dynasty in 618 as Emperor Gaozu. His eldest son, Li Jiancheng, was crown prince. His second son, Li Shimin, Prince of Qin, had led the main campaigns.zh.wikisource.org and 2 moreJianwen Emperor: Jianwen Emperor1398 · Nanjing, Jiangsu, ChinaThe Yongle Emperor took his nephew's throne in 1402, and the deposed emperor's two-year-old son was held for 55 yearsThe Hongwu Emperor's heir, his eldest son Zhu Biao, died in 1392.zh.wikisource.org and 3 moreMöngke enthroned. Tarikh-i Jahangushay-i Juvaini, 1438, Shiraz: Möngke enthroned. Tarikh-i Jahangushay-i Juvaini, 1438, Shiraz1248 · Karakorum and the Onon River, MongoliaÖgedei named a grandson as heir, two widows put other men on the throne, and Möngke executed the grandson's mother for sorceryThe Yuan History records that Ögedei Khan named his grandson Shiremün as heir. Ögedei died in 1241 after a night of drinking. His widow Töregene ruled from 1242 and had their son Güyük enthroned in 1246.zh.wikisource.org and 3 more영모전 단종 어진 2: 단종 어진(강원도 영월군 영월읍 영흥리 영모전에 있는 1927년 이규진의 이모본)1457 · Yeongwol, Gangwon Province, South KoreaDanjong's uncle took his throne, and three Joseon records give three accounts of how the 16-year-old died in exileDanjong became the sixth king of Joseon in 1452, aged 10 by the Korea Times count, after the short reign of his father, King Munjong. In 1453 his uncle, Grand Prince Suyang, staged a coup and purged senior officials.encykorea.aks.ac.kr and 2 moreEmperor Taizu play Cuju: Song Emperor Taizu, Emperor Taizong, prime minister Zhao Pu and other ministers were playing Cuju976 · Kaifeng, Henan, ChinaSong records say the founder's mother made him leave the throne to his brother, and on the night he died the messenger fetched the brother instead of the sonZhao Kuangyin took the throne in 960 as Emperor Taizu of Song.zh.wikisource.org and 4 moreYeongjo of Joseon: Korean: 영조 어진Portrait of King Yeongjotitle QS:P1476,ko:"영조 어진"label QS:Lko,"영조 어진"label QS:Len,"Portrait of King Yeongjo1762 · Changgyeong Palace, Seoul, South KoreaKing Yeongjo locked his heir in a rice chest until he died, and the heir's son became king and moved the body into a new fortressCrown Prince Sado was born in 1735, the son of King Yeongjo by Royal Noble Consort Yeong, and was named heir in 1736. Yeongjo rebuked him for years, and the court split between the Noron and Soron factions.encykorea.aks.ac.kr and 4 more6DalaiLama: The Sixth Dalai Lama, Tsangyang Gyatso1682 · Potala Palace, Lhasa, Tibet, ChinaTibet's regent hid the Fifth Dalai Lama's death for 15 years; a Mongol khan later deposed the Sixth and put his own candidate in the PotalaThe Fifth Dalai Lama died in 1682. His regent, Desi Sangye Gyatso, kept the death secret for about 15 years, reportedly on the Fifth's own instructions. He announced that the Dalai Lama had begun a long retreat.tricycle.org and 2 moreShabdrung Ngawang Namgyal: Depicted person: Shabdrung – title used when referring to or addressing great lamas in Tibet, particularly those who held a hereditary lineage1651 · Punakha, BhutanBhutan's founder died in 1651, and his officials kept the death secret for 54 years while issuing orders in his nameNgawang Namgyal was enthroned at Ralung in Tibet as the reincarnation of the Drukpa master Pema Karpo. A rival faction backed another boy, Paksam Wangpo. With the support of the ruler of Tsang, the rival took the Ralung throne.countrystudies.us and 2 more광해군묘: Tomb of Gwanghaegun of Joseon1608 · Ganghwa Island, Incheon, and Seoul, South KoreaKing Gwanghae's officials killed his eight-year-old half-brother in exile, and the boy's mother gave her name to the coup that deposed himKing Seonjo's heir was Gwanghaegun, his son by a concubine. In 1606, when Seonjo was 55, Queen Inmok bore him his only legitimate son, Grand Prince Yeongchang. The chief minister Yu Yeong-gyeong tried to have the infant made heir.encykorea.aks.ac.kr and 3 moreMöngke Khan: Möngke enthroned. Tarikh-i Jahangushay-i Juvaini, 1438, Shiraz1259 · Diaoyu Fortress, Hechuan (Chongqing); Kaiping (Inner MongoliWhen Möngke died at a siege, two of his brothers were proclaimed Great Khan in the same year and fought for four yearsMöngke Khan died in the seventh month of 1259 at Diaoyu Mountain during the siege of a Song fortress near Chongqing, aged 52, without a designated successor. His brothers Kublai and Hülegü were away on campaign.zh.wikisource.org and 3 moreMausoleum of Queen Arwa, Jibla (13082096983): Yemen1138 · Dhu Jibla, YemenYemen's Queen Arwa ruled for half a century and left her jewels by will to a boy imam who had vanished in CairoArwa, also called al-Sayyida al-Hurra, was born in 1048 or 1052 and raised at the Sulayhid court by her future mother-in-law, Asma. She married Ahmad al-Mukarram in 1066.iis.ac.uk and 2 moreFan Zhongyan: Fan Zhongyan scth1052 · Suzhou, Jiangsu, ChinaFan Zhongyan's 1050 clan trust fed every member a daily rice ration, and within a few years his son had to ask the emperor to let courts enforce itFan Zhongyan, a Song vice chancellor, bought more than ten qing of farmland in Wu and Changzhou counties of Suzhou and set it aside so its rent rice would feed and clothe every branch of his clan.zh.wikisource.org and 5 moreAnonymous-The King of Dongdan Goes Forth: The King of Dongdan Goes Forth (東丹王出行圖), scroll, light colors on silk. 146.8 x 77.3 cm. National Palace Museum, Taibei (國立故宮博物院). The pain926 · Zuzhou (Bairin Left Banner, Inner Mongolia), ChinaThe Liao History says Abaoji's widow cut off her right hand and put it in his coffin instead of following him into deathAbaoji founded the Khitan state that became the Liao dynasty.zh.wikisource.org and 2 moreMap of Tajikistan, marked on the globe722 · Mount Mugh, Zeravshan valley, TajikistanThe last Sogdian king of Panjikent claimed the throne of Samarkand, was captured on Mount Mugh in 722 and executed; his archive survived in the castle ruinsDevashtich ruled Panjikent from about 706. He called himself king of Sogdiana and ruler of Samarkand. His claim grew after the sons of Tarkhun, the deposed ruler of Samarkand, fled to his court in 709 or 710.invisibleeast.site.ox.ac.uk and 3 moreMap of China, marked on the globe314 · Dunhuang, Gansu, ChinaA Sogdian merchant's wife left in Dunhuang wrote that she would rather be a dog's wife than his; her daughter added that the family's debts had made them servantsIn 1907 the archaeologist Aurel Stein found five letters in a watchtower west of the Jade Gate near Dunhuang. They are written in Sogdian, the language of the merchants of Samarkand, and most scholars date them to 313 or 314.depts.washington.edu and 2 moreAntoninian Vaballathus Augustus: Vabalathus. Usurper, AD 272. Antoninianus 3.82 g. Antioch. March-May AD 272. IM C VHABALATHVS AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right. VENVS267 · Emesa (Homs), SyriaPalmyra's ruler and his heir were murdered in 267, and his widow Zenobia ruled for her own son; one Roman history says she was in on the plotOdaenathus of Palmyra defended Rome's eastern frontier. The Historia Augusta, a Roman collection of imperial lives, says he was killed by his cousin Maeonius together with his eldest son, Herodes, the child of an earlier wife.University of Chicago, LacusCurtius and 2 moreMap of China, marked on the globe59 BCE · Haihun (Nanchang), Jiangxi, ChinaLiu He was emperor for 27 days, was removed for 1,127 offences, and his gold-filled tomb was found after tomb robbers dug into itEmperor Zhao of Han died in 74 BC with no son. The regent Huo Guang chose Liu He, King of Changyi, a grandson of Emperor Wu.zh.wikisource.org and 3 moreGou yi fu ren: portrait of Lady Gouyi (Zhao Jieyu) from the Qing dynasty book Bai mei xin yong87 BCE · Ganquan Palace (Yunyang, Shaanxi), ChinaEmperor Wu chose his youngest son as heir and had the boy's mother put to death, according to a supplement to the ShijiIn 91 BC the witchcraft affair destroyed Emperor Wu's heir. Crown Prince Liu Ju killed his accuser Jiang Chong, raised troops and lost.zh.wikisource.org and 2 moreSarcophagus of Eshmunazar II: Sarcophagus of Eshmunazar II525 BCE · Sidon, LebanonA boy king of Sidon cursed anyone who moved his coffin; in 1855 it was dug up, fought over and shipped to the LouvreEshmunazar II, king of Sidon, died at about 14 and had ruled with his mother, Amashtart, a priestess of Astarte. His black stone sarcophagus carries the longest Phoenician inscription then known.Google Books and 3 moreText of Law in Akkadian by King Niqmepa with dynastic seal Ras Shamra Louvre Museum: Text of Law in Akkadian by King Niqmepa with dynastic seal Ras Shamra Louvre Museum1250 BCE · Ugarit (Ras Shamra), SyriaA king of Ugarit divorced his Hittite-born queen, made their son choose between his mother and the throne, then had her killedThe tablets call her only "the daughter of the Great Lady." Her father was Bentesina, king of Amurru. Her mother was a daughter of the Hittite Great King Hattusili III.lockwoodonlinejournals.com and 3 moreMap of China, marked on the globeLegend · 842 · Lhasa, Tibet, ChinaTibetan Buddhist histories say a monk shot Emperor Langdarma in 842; his two sons by different queens split the empireLangdarma reigned from about 838 to 842. Later Tibetan Buddhist histories say he persecuted Buddhism. They say the monk Lhalung Pelgyi Dorje was told in a dream by a goddess to kill him.info-buddhism.com and 2 more