Geshitsa

Geshitsa was the country of one of the hereditary Gyalrong chieftains in the mountains of eastern Tibet. The chieftaincy, also known as Dandong Gesheza, held lands in the valleys around Danba and beyond. Its chiefs ruled a territory among neighbours with their own hereditary houses, in a region where mountain valleys gave local domains distinct boundaries. In 1700 the Qing recognised the Dandong leader as a pacification commissioner, establishing the Geshitsa chieftaincy under that title. Rivalries among the neighbouring chiefs became entangled with the Qing campaigns against the Jinchuan rulers in the eighteenth century. After the campaigns, the court rewarded several local chiefs, including those of Geshitsa, for their service.