Chinese dynasties and states

Ming dynasty

Named in 16 sources and maps.

  1. 1389exact year
    Sino-Foreign Glossary
    WHuo Yuanjie and MashaikhcompilationW134
  2. 1415exact year
  3. 1420swithin a decade
    Cream of Histories
    WHafiz-i AbrumixedW188
  4. c. 1467–1471approximate
  5. 1569exact year
  6. c. 1569–1578approximate
  7. 1585exact year
  8. c. 1607approximate
    The Jewel Translucent Sutra
    WAnonymous biographer of Altan Khanofficial or contemporary recordW158
  9. 1607–1636a range
    The Old Manchu Chronicles
    WOld Manchu Archivesofficial or contemporary recordW144
  10. 1619exact year
  11. 1636exact year
    Veritable Records of Qing Taizu
    WQing court historiographerscompilationW145
  12. 1638–1640a range
    The Empire of China and the Evangelical Culture in it by the Jesuits
    WÁlvaro Semedo, Portuguese JesuitfirsthandW244
  13. 1659exact year
  14. 1662exact year
  15. 1670exact year
  16. c. 1711–1716approximate
    Book of Ubaydullah Khan
    WMir Muhammad Amin BukharifirsthandW192