Definition of Penlops. Meaning of Penlops. Synonyms of Penlops

- 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...
- over the local rulers and penlops. The country devolved into several semi-independent regions under the control of penlops. In practice, the Zhabdrung...
- 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...
- Zhabdrung Ngawang Namgyal died in 1651, and power effectively p****ed to the penlops (local governors), instead of to a successor Zhabdrung. In order to forestall...
- dysfunctional system, the penlops orchestrated the establishment of a Bhutanese monarchy with Ugyen Wangchuck, the penlop of Trongsa installed as hereditary...
- 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...