Bel Kyesang Dongtsab

Bel Kyesang Dongtsab (Tibetan: འབལ་སྐྱེས་ཟང་སྡོང་ཚབ, Wylie: vbal skyes zang ldong tshab; ? – 755), also known as Bel Dongtsab, was a general of the Tibetan Empire.

Bel Kyesang Dongtsab
Tibetan name
Tibetan	འབལ་སྐྱེས་ཟང་སྡོང་ཚབ
Transcriptions Wylie vbal skyes zang ldong tshab THL bel kyé zang dong tsap

Bel Dongtsab invaded Bruzha (modern Gilgit in Pakistan) in 737 and conquered it. Later, he was appointed as the Lönchen by Me Agtsom.

Bel Dongtsab murdered Me Agtsom in 755, and launched a rebellion together with his colleague Lang Nyesig. They were supported by the Sumpa king Dro Tsen. Dongtsab was defeated by two famous generals, Chimshang Gyalsig Shuteng and Nganlam Takdra Lukhong, and was captured. He was executed together with Lang Nyesig and their family members.

References

• (in English and Standard Tibetan)Old Tibetan Annals (version I), I.T.J. 0750
• (in English and Standard Tibetan)Old Tibetan Chronicle, P.T. 1287

Political offices
Preceded by Dro Chungsang Ormang	"Lönchen" of Tibet 747? – 755	Succeeded by We Nangshar Sutsen