User:Madalibi/Old Manchu Archives

The Old Manchu Archives are sets of documents written in Old Manchu that cover a variety of events surrounding the rise of the Jurchen and Manchu state from 1607 to 1636, during the reigns of Nurhaci (1559–1626) and Hung Taiji (r. 1626–1643).

Origins
In 1607, Erdeni and others started recording the political events of Nurhaci's reign. Their writings formed the core of what would later become known as the Old Manchu Archives.