Nurhaci looks on as two Mongol leaders are put to death outside a city wall. A facsimile of the 1781 edition of the Manzhou shilu, illustrated descrip

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Nurhaci looks on as two Mongol leaders are put to death outside a city wall. A facsimile of the 1781 edition of the Manzhou shilu, illustrated description of the life of Nurhaci (1559-1626), whose descendants completed the conquest of China and the establishment of the Qing dynasty, 1644-1911. Image taken from Manzhou shilu. Originally published in Shenyang, 1930.

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Keywords: asia, china, chinese, cities, city, conquest, dead, death, east, historical, history, manzhou, settlement, settlements, shilu