the khalkha mongol nobles' power was deliberately undermined by qianlong when he appointed the tibetan ishi-damba-nima of the lithang royal family of the eastern tibetans as the 3rd reincarnated jebtsundamba khutuktu lama instead of the khalkha mongol which they wanted to be appointed. the decision was first protested against by the outer mongol khalkha nobles and then the khalkhas sought to have him placed at a distance from them at dolonnor, but qianlong snubbed both of their requests, sending the message that he was putting an end to outer mongolian autonomy. the decision to make tibet the only place where the reincarnation came from was intentional by the qing to curtail the mongols.