Kingdom of Yumtän
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Was one of the kingdoms that emerged after the end of the Tibetan Empire, a period known as the Tibetan Era of Fragmentation.
Establishment
January 843: When king Langdarma died, the Tibetan Empire entered thr Era of Fragmentation. Tibet is split between Langdarma's sons Ösung, in the west, and Yumtän, in the east.
Chronology
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Was an era of disunity in Tibetan history lasting from the death of the Tibetan Empire's last emperor, Langdarma, in 842 until Drogön Chögyal Phagpa became the Imperial Preceptor of the three provinces of Tibet in 1253, under the Yuan dynasty.
January 851: Zhang Yichao took Hami, Ganzhou and Suzhou.
January 852: Khotan becomes independent.
January 867: Tibetans retreat to the Tibetan plateau, leaving the remnant territories of Yumtän to the Tang.
January 911: Popular revolt broke Tibet into numerous principalities: Tsangto Yul, Rutsham Zhunye, Panyul, Yarlung, Tamshul Lhodrak, Cho, and Chokhor.
Were the many wars fought by the Chinese Tang Empire and the Tibetan Empire.
2.1.24th war with Tibet
Was the twenty-fourth war between the Tang Dynasty of China and the Tibetan Empire.
January 848: Yumtän Tibetan forces started an invasion of Yanzhou.
February 848: A Tang army defeated the Yumtän Tibetans at Yanzhou.
2.2.25th war with Tibet
Was the twenty-fifth war between the Tang Dynasty of China and the Tibetan Empire.
January 849: Zhang Yichao, a resident of Dunhuang, rebelled and captured Shazhou and Guazhou from the Tibetans.
January 850: In 849, Tibetan commanders and soldiers in eastern Gansu.
2.3.26th war with Tibet
Was the twenty-sixth war between the Tang Dynasty of China and the Tibetan Empire.
January 862: In 861, Zhang Yichao retook Liangzhou, extending the Guiyi Circuit's authority to Xizhou, Guazhou, Ganzhou, Suzhou, Yzhou, Lanzhou, Shanzhou, Hezhou, Minzhou, Liangzhou, and Kuozhou.
January 849: In 848 Zhang Yichao, a resident of Shazhou, led an uprising and captured Shazhou and Guazhou from the Tibetans.
January 849: Expansion of the Tang Dynasty by 848 AD.
January 850: Expansion of the Tang Dynasty by 849 AD.
January 852: Expansion of the Tang Dynasty by 851 AD.
January 895: In 894 the Uyghurs established the Ganzhou Uyghur Kingdom in Gan Prefecture.
June 907: In 907 the Tang dynasty was ended when Zhu deposed Emperor Ai and took the throne for himself, establishing the Later Liang Dynasty. This inaugurated an era of fragmentation, known as the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period.
June 907: Wang Jian was named military governor of western Sichuan by the Tang court in 891. As the Tang Dynasty weakened and eventually fell in 907, Wang was able to expand his holdings into eastern Sichuan and took the title of emperor as the Tang fell in 907, establishin Former Shu.
Disestablishment
January 911: Popular revolt broke Tibet into numerous principalities: Tsangto Yul, Rutsham Zhunye, Panyul, Yarlung, Tamshul Lhodrak, Cho, and Chokhor.
Selected Sources
唐疆变迁 (Expansion of the Tang Dynasty over time). Wikipedia. Retrieved on 7 April 2024 on https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%E5%94%90%E7%96%86%E5%8F%98%E8%BF%81.gif
