Golog

Golog was a loose confederation of Tibetan nomadic tribes around the upper Yellow River and Amnye Machen in southern Amdo. Its people came from migrants and refugees from Amdo and Kham; the tribes remained beyond lasting Tibetan or Chinese control.

Some Golog tribes gave allegiance to Labrang Monastery while many remained independent. In 1828 tribesmen plundered the caravan of the mystic Shabkar despite his letters of passage from the Dalai and Panchen Lamas; the Qing amban at Xining acknowledged that the tribes lay beyond imperial control.