Sakya Administration of Tibet (1320s)

Timeline

1. 1321–1324Sakya · TibetIn the early 1320s, the Sakya Despon under the Yuan Bureau of Buddhist and Tibetan Affairs governed the thirteen myriarchies of Ü-Tsang, transmitting edicts and conscripting relay-station labor; Sakya monastic and secular leaders maintained close ties with the Yuan court.
2. 1325Sakya Monastery · TibetIn 1325, the Yuan Imperial Preceptor Kunga Lodro Gyaltsen presided over the division of the Sakya Khön family into four ladrang systems, using institutional arrangements to ease internal power struggles and maintain Sakya theocratic rule.
3. 1322–1328Lhasa · TibetIn the 1320s, the three pacification commissionerates of Ü-Tsang, Ngari, and Gurlusang were responsible for transmitting edicts, managing relay stations, and overseeing Yuan garrison troops in Tibet; the Sakya Despon cooperated with the Yuan court in registering households and fixing myriarchy tribute, keeping Tibet within the Yuan administrative system.
4. 1326–1330Phagmodru · TibetIn the late 1320s, Phagmodrupa myriarch Jangchub Gyaltsen gradually expanded his power; though Sakya still held the dominant position, local monastic-secular tensions and competition among myriarchies already foreshadowed the regime change of the mid-to-late 14th century.