Jirgalang

Jirgalang
Prince Zheng of the First Rank
Head of House of Prince Zheng peerage
Tenure1636-1655
Predecessorpeerage created
SuccessorJidu
Born(1599-11-19)19 November 1599[citation needed]
Died11 June 1655(1655-06-11) (aged 55)[citation needed]
Names
Jirgalang
Posthumous name
Prince Zhengxian of the First Rank (鄭獻親王)
HouseAisin Gioro
FatherŠurhaci
MotherLady Ula Nara, Sister of Bujantai
Jirgalang
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese濟爾哈朗
Simplified Chinese济尔哈朗
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinJì'ěrhālǎng
Manchu name
Manchu scriptᠵᡳᡵᡤᠠᠯᠠᠩ
RomanizationJirgalang

Jirgalang or Jirhalang (Manchu: 19 November 1599 – June 11, 1655) was a Manchu noble, regent, and political and military leader of the early Qing dynasty. Born in the Aisin Gioro clan, he was the sixth son of Šurhaci, a younger brother of Nurhaci, the founder of the Qing dynasty. From 1638 to 1643, he took part in many military campaigns that helped destroy the Ming dynasty. After the death of Huangtaiji (Nurhaci's successor) in September 1643, Jirgalang became one of the young Shunzhi Emperor's two co-regents, but he soon yielded most political power to co-regent Dorgon in October 1644. Dorgon eventually purged him of his regent title in 1647. After Dorgon died in 1650, Jirgalang led an effort to clean the government of Dorgon's supporters. Jirgalang was one of ten "princes of the first rank" (和碩親王) whose descendants were made "iron-cap" princes (鐵帽子王), who had the right to transmit their princely titles to their direct male descendants perpetually.