Treaty of friendship and alliance between the Government of Mongolia and Tibet

The treaty written in Tibetan, with official seals.

A Treaty of friendship and alliance between the Government of Mongolia and Tibet was signed on 11 January 1913[1] (corresponding to 29 December 1912 of the Julian calendar), at Urga (now Ulaanbaatar).

This treaty's text in Mongolian was published by the Mongolian Academy of Sciences in 1982,[2] and in 2007 an original copy in Tibetan language and script surfaced from Mongolian archives.[3]

Treaty of friendship and alliance between the Government of Mongolia and Tibet
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese蒙藏條約
Simplified Chinese蒙藏条约
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinMěng Zàng Tiáoyuē
Tibetan name
Tibetanབོད་སོག་ཆིངས་ཡིག་
Mongolian name
Mongolian CyrillicМонгол-Төвөдийн гэрээ
Mongol-Tövödiin geree
ᠮᠣᠩᠭᠣᠯ ᠲᠥᠪᠡᠳ ᠦᠨ ᠭᠡᠷ᠎ᠡ

There have been questions about the authority of a Tibetan negotiator, Dorjiev, to conclude such a treaty, being he was both a Russian subject and ethnically Buryat.[4]

  1. ^ Udo B. Barkmann, Geschichte der Mongolei, Bonn 1999, p.119–122,380f
  2. ^ Udo B. Barkmann, Geschichte der Mongolei, Bonn 1999, p. 380f
  3. ^ Phurbu Thinley (2008-11-12). "Tibet - Mongolia Treaty of 1913, a proof of Tibet's independence: Interview with Prof. Elliot Sperling". Phayul.com. Retrieved 2008-11-13.
  4. ^ Smith, Warren, "Tibetan Nation", p.186: "The validity is often questioned, mainly on grounds of the authority of Dorjiev to negotiate on behalf of Tibet... the fact that Dorjief was a Russian citizen while ethnically Tibetan somewhat compromises his role; the treaty had some advantages to Russia in that it could be interpreted as extending Russia's protectorate over Mongolia to encompass Tibet."

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