Bujantai was a Jurchen beile of the Ula tribal confederation.
10 Facts About Bujantai
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Bujantai was descended from Nacibulu, the ancestor of the Nara lineages of Ula and Hada.
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Bujantai led the Ula contingent, but was taken prisoner by Nurhaci when the confederation was defeated at Mt.
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The Ula beile Mantai, and his son having recently been executed by their tribesmen, Bujantai was released by Nurhaci, established as beile in his brother's place and as tributary to the lord of the Jianzhou, Nurhaci.
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Two years Bujantai would receive a daughter of Surhaci as a wife, and in 1601 he arranged the marriage of his niece, the future Empress Xiao Lie Wu to Nurhaci.
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Bujantai then promised Nurhaci that if he was given another wife then a truce would be called for.
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In 1612 Bujantai tried to bribe the Yehe beile, Bujai, into giving him for a wife a daughter who had been promised to Nurhaci.
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Bujantai subjected Nurhaci's daughter whom he had married to indignity by "shooting whistling arrows at her".
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Bujantai fled to the Yehe under the beile Gintaisi who gave him refuge.
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Bujantai died before the Yehe tribe fell into Nurhaci's hands.