Five Dynasties · General

Zhang Yanqi 張彥琪

Zhāng Yànqí

Attested AD 936

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Zhang Yanqi was a general.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 936 清泰三年五月
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 48, passage 63

Career and standing

overall commander of cavalry and infantry surrounding Taiyuan 太原四面馬步軍都指揮使
Appointed
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 48, passage 63
commander of the Palace Guard cavalry 侍衛馬軍都指揮使
Held
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 48, passage 63
military governor of Heyang circuit 河陽節度使
Held
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 48, passage 63

Places and affiliations

Polity Later Tang 後唐 · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · Old History of the Five Dynasties 48, passage 63

References in the histories

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 48Volume 48 Book of Later Tang 24: Later Emperors Annals 3 · 1 passage

以河陽節度使、侍衛馬軍都指揮使張彥琪為太原四面馬步軍都指揮使； Zhang Yanqi, military governor of Heyang circuit and commander of the Palace Guard cavalry, was made overall commander of cavalry and infantry surrounding Taiyuan;