Nurhaci
Nurhaci (14 May 1559 – 30 September 1626), also known by his temple name as the Emperor Taizu of Qing (Chinese: 清太祖), was the founding khan of the Jurchen Later Jin dynasty of China from 1616 to 1626.
| Nurhaci 努爾哈赤 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Khan of Great Jin | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Khan of the Later Jin dynasty | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Reign | 17 February 1616 – 30 September 1626 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Successor | Hong Taiji | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | May 14, 1559 (嘉靖三十八年 四月 初八日) Hetu Ala, Manchuria, Ming dynasty | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | September 30, 1626 (aged 67) (天命十一年 八月 十一日) Aijipu, Later Jin dynasty | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Consorts | Tunggiya Hahana Jacing
(m. 1577; died 1592)Fuca Gundei
(m. 1585; died 1620) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| House | Aisin Gioro | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Dynasty | Later Jin | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Father | Taksi | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Mother | Empress Xuan | ||||||||||||||||||||
As the leader of the House of Aisin-Gioro, Nurhaci reorganized and united various Jurchen tribes (the later "Manchu"), consolidated the Eight Banners military system, and eventually launched attacks on both the Ming and Joseon dynasties. His conquest of Ming dynasty's northeastern Liaodong region laid the groundwork for the Qing conquest of the Ming by his descendants, who founded the Qing dynasty in 1636. He is also generally credited with ordering the creation of a new written script for the Manchu language based on the Mongolian vertical script.