-
Bhutanese penlops,
prior to unification,
controlled certain districts of the country, but now hold no
administrative office. Rather,
penlops are now entirely...
- (
penlops and dzongpens)
competed for
power amid a
backdrop of
civil war over the
Zhabdrung and
invasions from
Tibet and the
Mongol Empire. The
penlops...
-
Zhabdrung was
often a
child under the
control of the Druk Desi, and
regional penlops often administered their districts in
defiance of the
power of the Druk...
-
reflecting speech, mind, and body.
Increasingly secular regional lords (
penlops and dzongpons)
competed for
power amid a
backdrop of
civil war over the...
- over the
local rulers and
penlops. The
country devolved into
several semi-independent
regions under the
control of
penlops. In practice, the Zhabdrung...
- in Bhutan,
eventually leading to the
ascendancy of
Ugyen Wangchuck, the
penlop (governor) of Trongsa. From his
power base in
central Bhutan,
Ugyen Wangchuck...
- 2004,
Khesar was
installed as the 16th
Trongsa Penlop in
Trongsa Dzong. The
institution of the
Trongsa Penlop,
started by
Zhabdrung Ngawang Namgyal in 1647...
- executive) of
Bhutan (1870–1873), and held the
hereditary post of 10th
Penlop of Trongsa. He was
called the
Black Ruler. Son of
Dasho Pila
Gonpo Wangyal...
- was
expected to
succeed his father; accordingly, he was
given the
title Penlop of
Trongsa in 1923.
Jigme Wangchuck ascended to the
throne in 1926, after...
- 1876, when he was 14,
Ugyen joined his
father in
fighting the
rebellious Penlop of Paro,
Tshewnag Norbu. In
early 1877 his
father left
Ugyen in Paro to...
