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This name uses Manchu naming customs. The family name is Sirin Gioro.
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Born | March 1680 |
Died | April 1745 |
Title | Viceroy of Yun-Gui and Guangxi |
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Family | Sirin Goro |
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Ortai (Manchu: ᠣᡵᡨᠠᡳ, Möllendorff: ortai; Chinese: 鄂爾泰; pinyin: È'ěrtài) (1680–1745) was the first Earl Xiangqin.[1] He was an eminent Manchu[2] official from the Sirin Gioro clan, belonging to the Bordered Blue Banner, during the Qing Dynasty (1644–1911).[1] He served both the Yongzheng Emperor (reign 1722–1735) and the Qianlong Emperor (reign 1735-1796).[1] Ortai governed the southwestern region of the Qing empire, Yun-Gui (modern day Yunnan and Guizhou).[3] He fell ill and died in 1745.[1]