Lha-bzang Khan

Lhazang Khan Лхазан хаан ལྷ་བཟང་ཁང
Khan Protector-ruler of Tibet
5th khan of the Khoshut Khanate
Reign	1697 or 1703-1717
Predecessor	Tenzin Wangchuk Khan
Successor	Lobsang Tendzin
Born	Lhazang Lupal (ལྷ་བཟང་ཀླུ་དཔལ)
Died	1717 Lhasa, Ü-Tsang, Tibet
Regnal name Lhazang Khan (Лхазан хаан, ལྷ་བཟང་ཁང)
House	Borjigin
Dynasty	Khoshut Khanate
Father	Tenzin Dalai Khan

Lha-bzang Khan (Tibetan: ལྷ་བཟང༌།, ZYPY: Lhasang; Mongolian: ᠯᠠᠽᠠᠩ ᠬᠠᠨ Lazang Haan; alternatively, Lhazang or Lapsangn or Lajang; d.1717) was the ruler of the Khoshut (also spelled Qoshot, Qośot, or Qosot) tribe of the Oirats.^[1] He was the son of Tenzin Dalai Khan (1668–1701)^[2] and grandson (or great-grandson) of Güshi Khan,^[3] being the last khan of the Khoshut Khanate and Oirat King of Tibet. He acquired effective power as ruler of Tibet by eliminating the regent (desi) Sangye Gyatso and the Sixth Dalai Lama, Tsangyang Gyatso, but his rule was cut short by an invasion by another group of Oirats, the Dzungar people. At length, this led to the direct involvement of the Chinese Qing dynasty in the Tibetan politics.