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Abtai Sain Khan
Abtai Sain Khan was a Khalkha Mongol prince, a great-grandson of Dayan Khan, who became the leading ruler of central Khalkha in the late 16th century. A champion of Buddhism, he founded the monastery of Erdene Zuu beside the ruins of Karakorum around 1585, and in 1586 he met the Third Dalai Lama, Sonam Gyatso, who gave him the title of khan. His descendants ruled as the Tüsheet Khans.
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