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Oboi | |
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 Portrait of Oboi | |
| Regent of the Qing dynasty | |
| In office 1661–1669 | |
| Monarch | Kangxi Emperor |
| Personal details | |
| Born | c. 1610 |
| Died | 1669 (aged 58–59) |
| Parent | Uici (father) |
| Relatives | Fiongdon (uncle) |
| Cabinet | Four Regents of the Kangxi Emperor |
| Clan name | Gūwalgiya |
| Posthumous name | Chaowu (超武) |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Qing dynasty |
| Branch/service | Manchu Bordered Yellow Banner |
| Years of service | 1637-1646 |
| Battles/wars | Defeated Zhang Xianzhong |
Oboi (Manchu: ᠣᠪᠣᡳ, Mölendorff: Oboi; simplified Chinese: 鳌拜; traditional Chinese: 鰲拜; pinyin: Áobài) (c. 1610[1]–1669) was a prominent Manchu military commander and courtier who served in various military and administrative posts under three successive emperors of the early Qing dynasty. Born to the Guwalgiya clan, Oboi was one of four regents nominated by the Shunzhi Emperor to oversee the government during the minority of the Kangxi Emperor. Oboi reversed the benevolent policies of the Shunzhi Emperor, and vigorously pushed for clear reassertion of Manchu power over the Han Chinese. Eventually deposed and imprisoned by the new emperor for having amassed too much power, he was posthumously rehabilitated.
- ^ Oboi's birthday is historically undocumented, but based on circumstantial evidence historians generally estimate his birth year to be within a few years after 1610.