Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Bathang ya kasance na Chiefdom na Lijiang a lokacin daular Ming. Daga baya, Khoshut Khanate ya mamaye shi. A cikin 1703, Lha-bzang Khan ya nada "desi" biyu don gudanar da yankin. A shekara ta 1719, rundunar sojojin kasar Sin karkashin jagorancin Yue Zhongqi sun yi tafiya don cinye Tibet
, da biyu "desi" mika wuya ga kasar Sin. An nada su shugaba da mataimakin shugaban kasar Sin.