Restoration as Tibet's political leader The Qing sent yet another force 'to restore order' but when it arrived the situation had already been stabilised under the leadership of the 7th Dalai Lama who was now seen to have demonstrated loyalty to the Qing. Just as Güshi Khan had done with the Fifth Dalai Lama, they therefore helped reconstitute the government with the Dalai Lama presiding over a Kashag of four Tibetans, reinvesting him with temporal power in addition to his already established spiritual leadership. This arrangement, with a Kashag under the Dalai Lama or his regent, outlasted the Qing dynasty which collapsed in 1912.Van Schaik 2011, p. 144; Shakabpa 1967, p. 150.
Restoration as Tibet's political leader T.he Qing sent yet another force 'to restore order' but when it arrived the situation had already been sta.bilised under the leadership of the 7th Dalai Lama who was now seen to have demonstrated loyalty to the Qing. Just as Güshi Khan had done with the Fifth Dalai Lama, they therefore helped reconstitute the government with the Dalai Lama presiding over a Kashag of four Tibetans, reinvesting him with temporal power in addition to his already .established spiritual leadership. This arran.gement, with a Kashag under the Dalai Lama or his regent, outlasted the Qing dynasty wh,ich collapsed in 1912.Van Schaik 2011, p. 144; Shakabpa 1967, p. 150.