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The year of the establishment and the naming of the Domed (mdo smad) Pacification Commission of the Yuan Dynasty
Author AnalyticChen Qingying
Title AnalyticThe year of the establishment and the naming of the Domed (mdo smad) Pacification Commission of the Yuan Dynasty
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Journal TitleChina Tibetology
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DateSept 2003
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Issue1
Pages9-14
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AbstractThe author demonstrates that, contrary to popular assumptions, Kublai Khan did not divide the areas inhabited by Tibetans into three regions at the start of the Yuan dynasty. Rather, he planned to place Dbus-gtsang under Sakya administration and other areas under a single Tubo Pacification Commission and Chief Military Command in Hezhou. The author then details the founding of the Mdo smad Pacification Commission(in 1269); in Utsang the combined Pacification Commission and Chief military Command for the Three Routes of Utsang and Ngari Korsum; in 1325 the Mdo kham Combined Pacification Commission and Chief Military Command for Tubo and Other Routes; and the subsequent renaming of the Hezhou office to \"The Pacification Commission and Chief Military Command for Tubo and Other Regions.\"
Keywordshistory/Sino-Tibetan relations/Yuan dynasty/Mdo smad Pacification Commission/Gansu Province/Qinghai Province/\"divide and rule\" debate/politics/administration/military/Mongol-Tibetan relations/Qubilai Khan