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Dalai Lama
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  • 14th Dalai Lama
    Dalai Lama
    / History of Dalai Lamas

    The fourth Dalai Lama, Yon-tan-rgya-mtsho (Yonten Gyatso; 1589–1617), was a great-grandson of Altan Khan and thus far the only non-Tibetan Dalai Lama.

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    The fourth Dalai Lama, Yon-tan-rgya-mtsho (Yonten Gyatso; 1589–1617), was a great-grandson of Altan Khan and thus far the only non-Tibetan Dalai Lama.

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