Jigme Palbar Bista
Jigme Palbar Bista (also Jigme Dorje Trandul Bista ; * around 1930 in Lo Manthang , Nepal ; † December 16, 2016 in Kathmandu ) was the king of Mustang , a kingdom in the Himalayas belonging to Nepal , until October 2008 . He was the 25th ruler in direct succession to the legendary warrior Ame Pal , who founded the empire around 1400. Its official title was Gyalpo, or in Nepalese form Raja .
Life
Jigme Palbar was born around 1930 in the palace of Lo Manthang, the capital of the kingdom, as the youngest son of King Angun Tenzing Tandul. He completed a private degree in Samzhubzê in southwest Tibet and married the Tibetan noblewoman Sahiba Sidol Palbar Bista in the 1950s. In 1964 he succeeded his father. At the same time he received the honorary title of lieutenant colonel in the Nepalese army ; this rank has been linked to the title of king since 1951. The king officially converted to Hinduism , the former Nepalese state religion, and adopted the addition of Bista to his name. Since he had no direct descendants, Jigme Palbar Bista adopted his nephew Jigme Singhe Palbar Bista and designated him as his successor.
The former Kingdom of Mustang, called Lo in the local language, extended to 2,563 km² on the border between Nepal and Tibet in the Kali Gandaki river valley , north of the Annapurna massif. The approximately 6000 inhabitants in the 32 settlements speak Tibetan dialects and belong to the Buddhist faith . The empire, which was independent until the end of the 18th century, drew its prosperity from the control of the salt trade on one of the few routes between Tibet and India. Until the middle of the 20th century, Mustang was a domestically autonomous territory within the Nepalese state. After the occupation of Tibet by China and the collapse of the trade routes, the country completely lost its independence and has since been incorporated into the administrative structure of Nepal as the northern part of the Mustang district (Upper Mustang) . Tibetan resistance fighters stayed in the Mustang until 1974; With a few exceptions, travelers were not allowed to enter the country until 1992. A road connection from Lo Manthang to Tibet has existed since 2001, the continuation of the road to the south was completed in 2009.
The king had no official political rights or powers. In addition to representative tasks, he settled minor legal disputes, took care of the country's economic and social issues, made annual trips to Kathmandu and Tibet and granted audiences in his palace in Lo Manthang.
The government of Nepal, which was proclaimed a republic in the spring of 2008, asked the king in October of the same year to resign from his office and to dissolve the monarchy. The king accepted the government's order.
Web links
- School Association Lo-Manthang - next to a picture of the king there is general information about the country
Individual evidence
- ↑ Last ruler of remote Buddhist kingdom dies in Nepal . AFP article in The Straits Times , December 16, 2016, accessed December 19, 2016.
- ↑ Marianne Heredge: 네팔 윗 무스탕 의 지속적인 관광 발전 을 위한 전략적 계획. Cocoa Corp. , September 2003, archived from the original on January 10, 2008 ; Retrieved December 19, 2016 (English, Strategic Development Planning for Sustainable Tourism Development in Upper Mustang, Nepal).
- ↑ New highway divides isolated Buddhist kingdom of Mustang . AFP article in Taipei Times , May 19, 2007, accessed December 19, 2016.
- ↑ Abhisek Basnyat: The road to Lo. Nepali Times 159/2003, August 2003, archived from the original on September 9, 2012 ; accessed on December 19, 2016 .
- ↑ The Ambassador in Mustang . French Embassy in Kathmandu, October 6, 2005, accessed on December 19, 2016 (report on the visit of the French ambassador to Nepal to the royal family).
- ↑ Nepali deputy PM asks district “king” to step down. Xinhua , October 8, 2008, accessed December 19, 2016 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Jigme Palbar Bista |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Nepalese king of Mustang |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1930 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lo Manthang , Nepal |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 16, 2016 |
| Place of death | Kathmandu |