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Eight Banners

organized all Manchu families, functioned as armies in wars
Organization Military Organization Q340803

Facts

10 properties

Identity

Instance of
military organization, Manchu, social structure, octad[3][4][5]
Native label
ᠵᠠᡴᡡᠨ ᡤᡡᠰᠠ, 八旗[23][24]

Status and dates

Inception
1601[18]
Dissolved, abolished or demolished
1911[19]

Location

Country
Chinese Empire[2]

People

Founder
Nurhaci[6]

Relations

Has part(s)
Plain Yellow Banner, Plain White Banner, Plain Red Banner, Plain Blue Banner, Bordered Yellow Banner, Bordered White Banner, Bordered Red Banner, Bordered Blue Banner, Manchus of Eight Banners, Mongols of Eight Banners, Han Eight Banners[7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17]
More facts +3
Described by source
Draft History of Qing[20]
Main Wikidata property
P470[22]
Topic has template
Template:Eight Banners[21]
🏷️ Also known as
en Eight Banners en baqi en 八旗 en jakūn gūsa ar ثماني رايات ar ثمانية رايات cs Osm korouhví de Bannersystem de Acht Banner es jakūn gūsa es baqi es Ocho Banderas es ocho estandartes fr Huit bannières fr Huit Bannières id Delapan Panji it Otto Bandiere ja 八旗兵 ja 八旗制 ja 旗人
🔖 Identifiers · 8
Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID (2026)
1gCu7m
Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) old ID (2021)
114011
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
topic/Eight-Banners, topic/Banner-system
Freebase ID
/m/01c5mj
NDL Authority ID
00562844
Topic's main category
Category:Eight Banners
Treccani's Dizionario di Storia ID
bandiere
Zhihu topic ID
19834004

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🔗 Connections
Has part(s) 9
Plain Yellow Banner, Bordered Yellow Banner, Plain White Banner, Bordered White Banner, Plain Blue Banner, Bordered Blue Banner, Bordered Red Banner, Plain Red Banner +1 more
Has these parts 9
Plain Yellow Banner, Bordered Yellow Banner, Plain White Banner, Bordered White Banner, Plain Blue Banner, Bordered Blue Banner, Bordered Red Banner, Plain Red Banner +1 more
Instance of 3
Manchu, social structure, military organization
Country 1
Chinese Empire
Described by source 1
Draft History of Qing
Founder 1
Nurhaci
Topic has template 1
Template:Eight Banners
Topic's main category 1
Category:Eight Banners
← Category's main topic 1
Category:Eight Banners
← Main subject 1
Complete Genealogies of the Clans and Families of the Manchu Eight Banners
← Template has topic 1
Template:Eight Banners
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Summary

Eight Banners is a military organization[1].

Related Entities

Chinese Empire Nurhaci

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 17w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category → Category:Eight Banners
    Main Wikidata property → P470
    Topic has template → Template:Eight Banners
    Founder → Nurhaci
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