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Me Agtsom
Me Agtsom, also called Tride Tsugtsen, was emperor of Tibet from 705 to 755, coming to the throne as an infant under the regency of his grandmother Thrimalö. In 710 he married the Tang princess Jincheng. His long reign saw renewed wars with the Tang in the Tarim Basin and the Pamirs, and it ended when he was killed by ministers in 755. His son Trisong Detsen succeeded him.
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