'Bal sKyes bzang ldong tsab

00078 

Other names / Alternative spellings 

'Bal sKye zang ldong tshab (ms. PT 1287 l. 112) 

'Bal lDong tsab (ms. Or 8212.187 l. 3, 8, 11, inscr. Zhol rdo ring l. s5) 

sKye zang ldong tshab (ms. PT 1287 l. 112) 

sKyes bzang ldong tsab (ms. PT 1288-ITJ 750 l. 252, 270, 276, 304) 

Social groups (status, family, lineage...) 

'Bal family 

blon chen 

Period of activity 

VIIIth century 

Reign of Khri lDe gtsug brtsan 

Reign of Khri Srong lde brtsan 

Biographical data 

'Bal sKyes bzang ldong tsab defeated Chinese armies at Mu le cu le (?) in Snake year [729] (ms. PT 1288-ITJ 750 l. 252-253). 

'Bal sKyes bzang ldong tsab took down Khyi sha can (?) in Dog year [734] (ms. PT 1288-ITJ 750 l. 270).

In Ox year [737] 'Bal sKyes bzang ldong tsab led an army in Bru zha. The king of Bru zha was defeated and paid homage (ms. PT 1288-ITJ 750 l. 276-277). 

In Monkey year [744] the blon che (Great minister) 'Bro Cung bzang 'or mang gathered the winter council with 'Bal sKyes bzang ldong tsab in sKyi (ms. PT 1288-ITJ 750 l. 298, Or 8212.187 l. 3). 

In Dog year [746] the blon che 'Bro Cung bzang 'or mang gathered the winter council with 'Bal sKyes bzang ldong tsab and Lang Myes zigs in sKyi (ms. PT 1288-ITJ 750 l. 303-304, Or 8212.187 l. 8). 

In Hog year [747] the blon che 'Bro Cung bzang 'or mang gathered the winter council with 'Bal sKyes bzang ldong tsab, blon Mang pho rje, zhang 'Bring rtsan, and others (ms. Or 8212.187 l. 10-11).

'Bal sKyes bzang ldong tshab became blon che (Great Minister) after 'Bro Cung bzang 'or mang (ms. PT 1287 l. 111-112). 

'Bal sKyes bzang ldong tsab and Lang Myes zigs killed Khri lDe gtsug brtsan and were close to harm Khri Srong lde brtsan (inscr. Zhol rdo ring l. s5-s12). 

Ngan lam sTag sgra klu khong denounced 'Bal sKyes bzang ldong tsab and Lang Myes zigs, they were subsequently disgraced and punished (ms. PT 1287 l. 112, inscr. Zhol rdo ring l. s11-s20). 

After 'Bal sKyes bzang ldong tshab, dBa's sNang bzher zla brtsan became blon che (ms. PT 1287 l. 112-113). 

Titles 

blon (ms. PT 1288-ITJ 750 l. 252, 270, 276, 304) 

blon che (ms. PT 1287 l. 63) 

blon po chen po (inscr. Zhol rdo ring l. s 6)

Notes 

The "khyi sha can" mentioned in the Old Tibetan Annals entry for the Dog year [734] is most likely a place name (see Dotson 2009 p. 119, the French translation is ambiguous see Bacot, Thomas, Toussaint 1946 p. 50). However, it has also been suggested that Khyi sha can could be a personnal name (See "Mongols and Khitans in a 14th century Tibetan Bonpo text" in Forty-five Years of Tibetan Studies : An Anthology of Articles by Per Kværne / Per Kvaerne. - Dharamsala : Amnye Machen Institute ; Oslo : The Institute for Comparative Research in Human Culture, 2015. Page 47). 

See also the medicine sent by sTag legs to (another?) blon sKyes bzang in ms. Or.15000/265 (found in Mîran, see Takeuchi 1997-1998 doc. 366).