Yishan (official)

Yishan
First Class Zhenguo Jiangjun
First Class Zhenguo Jiangjun
Tenure1847–1878
General of Ili
Office1838–1840
1845–1854
General of Heilongjiang
Office1855–1860
Born(1790-06-13)13 June 1790
Died30 June 1878(1878-06-30) (aged 88)
IssueZaizhuo (載鷟)
Names
Aisin-Gioro Yishan
(愛新覺羅·奕山)
HouseAisin Gioro
FatherMianbei (綿備)
Yishan
Chinese奕山
Jingxuan
(courtesy name)
Traditional Chinese靜軒
Simplified Chinese静轩

Yishan (Manchu: I Šan; 13 June 1790 – 30 June 1878), courtesy name Jingxuan, was a Manchu lesser noble and official of the Qing dynasty. He is best known for his failure to defend Guangzhou (Canton) from British forces during the First Opium War, and for signing the treaties of Kulja and Aigun with the Russian Empire in 1851 and 1858 respectively.


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