Nangchen

Nangchen was a Tibetan tusi polity on the Yushu grasslands of southern Qinghai, ruled by the Dri clan. Its chiefs had submitted to the Mongols and were confirmed over six tribes under the Yuan dynasty.

The royal family followed the Kagyu school. When Beri’s Bön ruler Dönyö Dorjé attacked, Güshi Khan of the Khoshut helped defeat him in 1639. Nangchen paid tribute to Lhasa until 1726, when the Yongzheng Emperor placed its chief under the Xining amban as Thousand-Household chief over Nangchen, Chengduo and Yushu.