Dayan Khan (Khoshut)
| Dayan Khan Даян хаан ད་ཡན་ཧན | |||||
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| Khan Protector-ruler of Tibet | |||||
| 2nd khan of the Khoshut Khanate | |||||
| Reign | 1655-1668 | ||||
| Predecessor | Güshi Khan | ||||
| Successor | Gonchig Dalai Khan | ||||
| Born | Tenzin Dorje (Данзандорж, བསྟན་འཛིན་རྡོ་རྗེ) | ||||
| Died | 22 April 1668 Ü-Tsang, Tibet | ||||
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| House | Borjigin | ||||
| Dynasty | Khoshut Khanate | ||||
| Father | Güshi Khan | ||||
Dayan Khan (Mongolian: ᠳᠠᠶᠠᠨ ᠬᠠᠭᠠᠨ dayan qaɣan, died 22 April 1668) was the second khan of the Khoshut Khanate and protector-king of Tibet, ruling from 1655 to 1668. He sat on the throne during the time of the 5th Dalai Lama, Ngawang Lobsang Gyatso, but did not have a major independent role in Tibetan politics.