Bolai 孛來

Names

Identity

Historicity

Historical

Identification

Named

Sex

Male

• Sex: male
  Strongly inferred · mingshi:012:s0036

Roles

• Tribal Leader
• Warlord

Places and affiliations

• Polity: Mongols / 虜 · Relation: leader among the Mongol raiders opposing Ming
  Strongly inferred · mingshi:012:s0036, mingshi:012:s0115, mingshi:012:s0141

Works and attributed material

• Kind: letter · Role: author · Action: sent a letter begging for peace · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 天順五年秋七月辛酉 · Western Year: AD 1461
  Explicit · mingshi:012:s0141

Events and relationships

• Kind: diplomatic · Role: recipient of an edict · Action: admonished by imperial edict · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 天順六年二月癸酉 · Western Year: AD 1462
  Explicit · mingshi:012:s0150
• Kind: military · Role: target of campaign · Action: Bai Gui supervised the Shaanxi frontiers to campaign against him · Other Person Id: Bai Gui (白圭) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 天順五年夏四月癸巳 · Western Year: AD 1461
  Explicit · mingshi:012:s0131
• Kind: military · Role: besieger · Action: besieged Datong Right Guard · Place: Datong Right Guard / 大同右衛 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 天順四年九月庚辰 · Western Year: AD 1460
  Explicit · mingshi:012:s0117
• Kind: military · Role: defeated commander · Action: defeated by Shi Biao and Yang Xin at Anbian Camp · Place: Anbian Camp / 安邊營 · Other Person Ids: Shi Biao (石彪), Yang Xin (楊信) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 天順三年春正月甲辰 · Western Year: AD 1459
  Explicit · mingshi:012:s0086
• Kind: diplomatic · Role: tribute sender · Action: dispatched envoys bearing tribute to the Ming court · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 天順六年春正月戊申 · Western Year: AD 1462
  Explicit · mingshi:012:s0149
• Kind: military · Role: raider · Action: entered Yanmen and plundered Xin, Dai and Shuo prefectures · Place: Yanmen / 雁門 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 天順四年八月癸酉 · Western Year: AD 1460
  Explicit · mingshi:012:s0116
• Kind: military · Role: invader · Action: invaded by three routes and was resisted by Li Wen and Yang Neng · Other Person Ids: Li Wen (李文), Yang Neng (楊能) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 天順四年八月甲子 · Western Year: AD 1460
  Explicit · mingshi:012:s0115
• Kind: military · Role: opponent · Action: Liu Pu was made supreme commander to resist him in Gan and Liang · Other Person Id: Liu Pu (柳溥) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 天順元年十二月辛丑 · Western Year: AD 1457
  Explicit · mingshi:012:s0066
• Kind: military · Role: victorious raider · Action: raided Hexi and defeated the government army · Place: Hexi / 河西 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 天順五年六月丙子 · Western Year: AD 1461
  Explicit · mingshi:012:s0133
• Kind: military · Role: raider · Action: raided Ningxia, where the Ming vice commander Zhong Xing died in battle · Place: Ningxia / 寧夏 · Other Person Id: Zhong Xing (种興) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 天順元年夏四月乙卯 · Western Year: AD 1457
  Explicit · mingshi:012:s0036
• Kind: military · Role: raider · Action: raided Zhenfan · Place: Zhenfan / 鎮番 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 天順二年八月戊辰 · Western Year: AD 1458
  Explicit · mingshi:012:s0079