Güshi Khan
The Ganden Phodrang was established by the 5th Dalai Lama and Tibet's patron Güshi Khan of the Khoshut, in 1642. At that time, the Potala Palace was built in Lhasa on the site of the Red Fort, where the capital of Tibet was moved from Yarlung Valley by King Songsten Gampo. All political power was offered to the 5th Dalai Lama by Güshi Khan in Shigatse, within a priest and patron relationship context between the Dalai Lama and the Gelug school, and Güshi Khan.