 However, he contracted smallpox and died in Beijing on November 2, 1780.Palden Yeshe's stepbrother, the 10th Shamarpa Mipam Chödrup Gyamtso, had hoped to inherit some of the riches given to his brother in Beijing after his death.When this didn't happen, he conspired with the Nepalese who sent a Gurkha army in 1788 which took control of Shigatse.