Sakya School Patronage in Tibet

Timeline

1. 1291–1294Sakya Monastery · SakyaAfter Phagpa's death, the Sakya school internally elected a new leader to preside over monastic and local affairs; the Yuan continued to use the Imperial Preceptor title to court senior Sakya monks, maintaining the bond between the Yuan court and Tibet's local power hub.
2. 1295–1298Lhasa · LhasaThrough the Ü-Tsang Pacification Commissionerate and the relay-station system, the Yuan coordinated relations between the Sakya school and local native officials; under Yuan military protection, the Sakya school mediated disputes among sects and collected taxes and corvée, consolidating a theocratic local order.
3. 1299–1300Sakya Monastery · SakyaBy around 1300, the Sakya school remained the Yuan dynasty's most officially legitimate religious-political agent in Tibet; monastery expansion and Yuan rewards continued, laying the groundwork for the final phase of Sakya rule before the rise of Phagdrubpa in the early 14th century.