Bordered Red Banner

Bordered Red Banner
Flag of the Bordered Red Banner
Active1615 – 1912
CountryLater Jin
Qing dynasty
TypeCavalry
Musketeers
Part ofEight Banners
CommanderDaišan The Emperor
Bordered Red Banner
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese鑲紅旗
Simplified Chinese镶红旗
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyinxiānghóngqí
Mongolian name
Mongolian CyrillicХөвөөт улаан хошуу
Manchu name
Manchu scriptᡴᡠᠪᡠᡥᡝ ᡶᡠᠯᡤᡳᠶᠠᠨ ᡤᡡᠰᠠ
Romanizationkubuhe fulgiyan gūsa

The Bordered Red Banner (Chinese: 鑲紅旗) was one of the Eight Banners of the Manchu military and society among the lower five banners during the Later Jin and Qing dynasty of China.[1]

Nurhaci originally assigned both Red Banners to Daisan. Later on, the Bordered Red Banner was assigned to both Yoto and Soto, eldest and 2nd sons of Daisan.

Members

  • Daišan (Prince Li of the First Rank, 2nd son of Nurhaci, first commander of both Red Banners)
  • Yoto (Prince Keqin, Manchu Prince, eldest son of Daisan, as secondary commander after his father and later held control over the Bordered Red Banner)
  • Šoto (2nd son of Daisan, along with his brother Yoto, was involved in both red banners)
  • Mandahai (7th son of Daisan)
  • Canggadai (Eldest son of Mandahai, grandson of Daisan)
  • Giyesu (Grandson of Daisan, distant cousin loyal supporter of the Kangxi Emperor)
  • Lianyuan
  • Consort Jin
  • Noble Consort Ying (Mongol)
  • Zhou Youde (Han)
  • Imperial Noble Consort Keshun

Notable clans

References

  1. ^ General annals of the Eight Banners.vol 30