Amban
Sign in to savethumb|:zh:有泰|Youtai, the Amban of [[Lhasa, and Colonel Francis Younghusband]] thumb|T'ang Ta-Jên, military Amban of Khotan, with his children and attendants Amban (Manchu and Mongol:20px Amban, Tibetan: ་am ben, , Uighur:am ben) is a Manchu language term meaning "high official" (), corresponding to a number of different official titles in the imperial government of Qing China. For instance, members of the Grand Council were called Coohai nashūn-i amban in the Manchu language and Qing governor-generals were called Uheri kadalara amban (Manchu: 60px).
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thumb|:zh:有泰|Youtai, the Amban of [[Lhasa, and Colonel Francis Younghusband]] thumb|T'ang Ta-Jên, military Amban of Khotan, with his children and attendants Amban (Manchu and Mongol:20px Amban, Tibetan: ་am ben, , Uighur:am ben) is a Manchu language term meaning "high official" (), corresponding to a number of different official titles in the imperial government of Qing China. For instance, members of the Grand Council were called Coohai nashūn-i amban in the Manchu language and Qing governor-generals were called Uheri kadalara amban (Manchu: 60px).
The most well-known ambans were the Qing imperial residents (Manchu: 60px Seremšeme tehe amban; ; Tibetan: Ngang pai) in Tibet, Qinghai, Mongolia and Xinjiang, which were territories of Qing China, but were not governed as regular provinces and retained many of their existing institutions.