transprc predecessor successor wylie birth_place death_date death_place title chinese birth_date tibetan image article_title name reign
chinlai gyaco khedrup gyatso thubten gyatso ` phrin las rgya mtsho lhoka , Ü-tsang , tibet 25 april 1875 lhasa , tibet 12th dalai lama 成烈嘉措 26 january 1857 འཕ ན ལས ར མཚ 12thdalai lama.jpg 12th dalai lama
 trinley 1860 -- 1875
12th dalai lama

trinley gyatso -lrb- 26 january 1857 -- 25 april 1875 -rrb- , also spelled trinle gyatso and thinle gyatso , was the 12th dalai lama of tibet .
his short life coincided with a time of major political unrest and wars among tibet 's neighbours .
tibet particularly suffered from the weakening of the qing dynasty which had previously provided it with some support against the british empire , which was aiming to influence tibet as an expansion from its colonisation of india .
he was recognised as a reincarnation of the dalai lama in 1858 and enthroned in 1860 .
during his period of training as a child , tibet banned europeans from entering the country because of wars britain was fighting against sikkim and bhutan , both of whom were controlled to a considerable degree by the lamas in lhasa .
these wars were seen as efforts to colonise tibet -- something seen as unacceptable by the lamas .
also , with missionaries threatening to enter tibet via the mekong and salween rivers , tibetans tried to emphasize the qing dynasty 's authority over tibet in the 1860s .
trinley gyatso was fully enthroned as dalai lama on 11 march 1873 but could not stamp his full authority on tibet because he died of a mysterious illness on 25 april 1875 .
`` during the period of the short-lived dalai lamas -- from the ninth to the twelfth incarnations -- the panchen was the lama of the hour , filling the void left by the four dalai lamas who died in their youth . ''
