Mijiddorjiin Khanddorj

Mijiddorjiin Khanddorj (Mongolian: Мижиддоржийн Ханддорж, Tibetan: མི་བསྐྱོད་རྡོ་རྗེ་ཡི། མཁའ་འགྲོ་རྡོ་རྗེ།, Wylie: mi bskyod rdo rje yi mkha' 'gro rdo rje; 1871 – 1915), also known by his title Chin Van (prince) Khanddorj, was an aristocrat and prominent early 20th century Mongolian independence leader. He served as minister of foreign affairs of Autonomous Mongolia in the government of the Bogd Khan from 1911 until his death in 1915.

Khanddorj was born in 1869 in present-day Bulgan Province, the grandson of Tserendorj, military governor of Tüsheet Khan Province. Khanddorj became assistant military governor of the province at age 21 in 1892 and then full commander from 1897 to 1900. Growing up in an enlightened aristocratic family, he studied Old Mongolian, Manchu and Chinese languages and later mastered some Russian.

In 1904, Khanddorj invited the 13th Dalai Lama to stay at his residence the Wang Monastery (present day Bulgan city) as the Tibetan spiritual leader crossed Mongolia to seek Russian support against the British following Francis Younghusband's British expedition to Tibet. The Dalai Lama was later accompanied on his journey to Bejing by Khanddorj's, who was subsequently executed by Qing authorities for violating protocol. Khanddorj's resentment of Manchu rule in Outer Mongolia intensified.

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