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Nurhaci or Nurhachi (n

r`hächē), 1559–1626, Manchu national founder. He consolidated the Manchu Manchu (măn`ch
..... Click the link for more information. tribes under his control and founded the administration that later ruled China as the Ch'ing Ch'ing (chĭng) or Manchu
..... Click the link for more information. dynasty (1644–1912). His greatest achievement was the creation of the banner system banner system, Manchu conscription system. Companies of Manchu warriors were grouped (1601) into brigades, each with a distinctive banner. The banner system integrated former tribal units into a bureaucratic war machine that enabled the Manchus to conquer and rule
..... Click the link for more information. of military organization that welded the Manchu nation and its early Mongol and Chinese adherents into an efficient war machine. In 1618 he attacked the Ming Ming (mĭng), dynasty of China that ruled from 1368 to 1644.
..... Click the link for more information. forces and took part of Liaodong. Further victories followed, and in 1625 he moved the Manchu capital to Shenyang (Mukden). During this later period, Nurhaci developed a civil administration with the help of captured Chinese officials.