Complex sentence: Several petty principalities in this region were tributary to the Gyalpo (King) of Ladakh--in 1834 one of these, the Raja of Timbus, sought Zorawar's help against the Gyalpo.
Split into simpler sentences: Several petty principalities in this region were tributary to the Gyalpo (King) of Ladakh. In 1834 one of these, the Raja of Timbus, sought Zorawar's help against the Gyalpo.