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... THE MYSTERIOUS MONARCH-THE DALAI LAMA OF TIBET We give here the first photograph that has ever been taken of the Dalai Lama of Tibet in his state robes--that mysterious ruler of an extensive country (about 650,000 square miles) who until recently had ...

Published: Saturday 03 September 1910
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 115 | Page: 1 | Tags: Illustrations 

THE SACRED BUDDHIST PONTIFF IN PEKING

... THE SACRED BUDDHIST PONTIFF IN PEKING The arrival in Peking of the Dalai Lama of Tibet, who is regarded by Buddhists as a reincarnation of Buddha, offered a spectacle of barbaric splendour, a glimpse into a strange world that is rapidly passing away, ...

Published: Saturday 31 October 1908
Newspaper: The Graphic
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 200 | Page: 5 | Tags: Illustrations 

The Loneliest Boy In The World

... is held to have far greater authority than the slightly older Dalai Lama. The situation in Tibet is further complicated by the fact that there is yet another Dalai Lama, known as Dalai Lama Vajradhara, mean ing the All Embracing Lama, Holder of the Thunderbolt ...

Published: Wednesday 01 March 1950
Newspaper: Britannia and Eve
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1853 | Page: 80 | Tags: Illustrations 

JOTTINGS ABROAD

... of 593 feet 132 feet higher than the tower of Strassburg Cathedral, the loftiest building in Europe. Our old friend the Dalai Lama is still in voluntary exile. Since leaving Urga, ostensibly for Lhassa, at the beginning of the year, he was universally ...

Published: Saturday 24 March 1906
Newspaper: The Graphic
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 776 | Page: 32 | Tags: Illustrations 

The Advance of the Mission to Tibet

... on his first arrival, but Dalai Lama refused him transport. He now intends to come and meet me as soon as possible. In view of Tibetan obstinacy he says there is no help for it, but we must go to Gyangtse, though Dalai Lama has written to him that we ...

Published: Saturday 16 April 1904
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 666 | Page: 14 | Tags: Illustrations 

BYSTANDER'S NOTES

... to its being priest-ridden to an amazing extent. Indeed, Rome in her palmiest days held nothing like the sway which the Dalai Lama at present exercises over his people. Tibet covers an enormous area and one, moreover, naturally very fertile. Protected ...

Published: Wednesday 18 May 1904
Newspaper: The Bystander
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 691 | Page: 5 | Tags: Illustrations 

Graphic

... read the document aloud, after which seals were atlixed to it by Te-Rim-pochd. the Acting Regent, who held the Seal of the Dalai Lama, the Councillors, and the Abbots in the presence of the Amban. Colonel n(0m^hr^a.'hl. tT '^Treaty, which is written in ...

Published: Saturday 15 October 1904
Newspaper: The Graphic
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 250 | Page: 15 | Tags: Illustrations 

CUFF COMMENTS

... Accorded of your vanity. charity. The Dalai Lama has returned to Lhassa from India with a large zinc bath-tub. It will upset all our notions of Far-Eastern religions if a mere zinc bath-tub is going to make the Dalai Lama believe that cleanliness is next to ...

Published: Wednesday 10 July 1912
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 901 | Page: 10 | Tags: Illustrations