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The Gelug Or Gelug-Pa Or DGe Lugs Pa Dge-Lugs-Pa Or Dgelugspa Is The Newest Of The Schools Of Tibetan Buddhism. It Was Founded By Je Tsongkhapa 1357–1419 A Philosopher And Tibetan Religious Leader. The First Monastery He Established Was At Ganden And To This Day The Ganden Tripa Is The Nominal Head Of The School Though Its Most Influential Figure Is The Dalai Lama. Allying Themselves With The Mongols As A Powerful Patron The Gelug Emerged As The Pre-Eminent Buddhist School In Tibet Since The End Of The 16th Century. By The End Of The 16th Century Following Violent Strife Among The Sects Of Tibetan Buddhism The Gelug School Emerged As The Dominant One. According To Tibetan Historian Samten Karmay Sonam Chophel 5 1595–1657 Treasurer Of The Ganden Palace Was The Prime Architect Of The Gelug's Rise To Political Power. Later He Received The Title Desi Wylie Sde-Sris Meaning "Regent" Which He Would Earn Through His Efforts To Establish Gelugpa Power. 6 From The Period Of The 5th Dalai Lama In The 17th Century The Dalai Lamas Held Political Control Over Central Tibet. The Core Leadership Of This Government Was Also Referred To As The Ganden Phodrang. Scottish Botanist George Forrest Who Witnessed The 1905 Tibetan Rebellion Led By The Gelug Lamas Wrote That The Majority Of The People In The Mekong Valley In Yunnan Were Tibetan. According To His Accounts The Gelugpas Were The Dominant Power In The Region With Their Lamas Effectively Governing The Area. Forrest Said They Used "force And Fraud" To "terrorise The... Peasantry". read less