Jurchen unification

Jurchen unification
Part of the Ming-Qing transition
Date 1583–1619 Location Manchuria Result Unification of Jurchen tribes and the establishment of the Later Jin dynasty
Belligerents
Jurchens loyal to Nurhaci	Jianzhou Jurchens Haixi Jurchens Wild Jurchens
Commanders and leaders
Nurhaci	Nikan Wailan Baindari Bujantai Gintaisi

The Jurchen unification were a series of events in the late 16th and early 17th centuries that led to the unification of the Jurchen tribes under the Jianzhou Jurchen leader Nurhaci. While Nurhaci was originally a vassal of the Ming dynasty who considered himself a local representative of imperial Ming power,^[1] he also had a somewhat antagonistic relationship with the Ming due to Ming's involvement in events early on in his life that led to the death of his father and grandfather combined with his own increasing ambition.

From 1583 to the early 1600s, Nurhaci led a series of military and influence campaigns that led to the unification of the majority of the Jurchen tribes. In 1616, Nurhaci established the Later Jin dynasty and ruled as its founding khan, and he renounced Ming overlordship with the Seven Grievances in 1618. After his death in 1626 his son Hong Taiji proclaimed the Qing dynasty by renaming the dynasty "Great Qing".