Nurhaci ({manchu|m={{MongolUnicode|ᠨᡠᡵᡤᠠᠴᡳ}|v=Nurgaci}}; {zh|t=努爾哈赤|s=努尔哈赤|p=Nǔ`ěrhāchì}; alternatively Nurhachi; 21 February 1559 – 30 September 1626) was an important Jurchen chieftain who rose to prominence in the late sixteenth century in Manchuria. Nurhaci was part of the Aisin Gioro clan, and reigned from....