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Empress Xiaoliewu, of the Manchu Plain White Banner Ula Nara clan, personal name Abahai, was a consort of Nurhaci. She was 31 years his junior.
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Nurhaci, also known by his temple name as the Emperor Taizu of Qing, was the founding khan of the Jurchen Later Jin dynasty of China from 1616 to 1626.
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At the Battle of Sarhu Nurhaci defeated a four-pronged Chinese offensive intended to capture his capital of Hetu Ala by concentrating his forces in one column at a time.
Nurhaci captured Liaoyang in 1621 and made it the capital of his empire until 1625.
In 1621, Nurhaci started the construction of a new palace, the Mukden Palace, for his Later Jin dynasty's capital of Mukden (now Shenyang).