Amurlingkui
Jasagh of the Horqin Left Rear Banner
Reign
1891 – 29 May 1930
Predecessor
Successor
Banner abolished
Beili
Reign
1890 – 1891
Predecessor
Nersu
Born
1866
Died
29 May 1930(1930-05-29) (aged 44)
Hexige
Father
Nersu
Chinese-character names
Chinese name
阿穆爾靈圭
阿穆尔灵圭
Transcriptions
Āmù'ěr líng guī
A Mu Erh Ling Kuei
Mongolian name
Амурлингуй
ᠠᠮᠤᠷᠯᠢᠩᠭᠤᠢ
Chinese name
意莽
意莽
Transcriptions
Yì mǎng
I Mang
Chinese name
色恩甫
色恩甫
Transcriptions
Sè ēnfǔ
Se En Fu
Amurlingkui[a] (1886 – 29 May 1930), courtesy name Yimang (意莽), Chinese name Se Enfu (Chinese: 色恩甫),[1] was a Khorchin Mongol nobleman. He was the 13th jasagh (prince) of the Horqin Left Rear Banner and the last holder of the peerage.
Amurlingkui was a Borjigin descended from Qasar, the younger brother of Genghis Khan. He was the great grandson of Sengge Rinchen.
In 1891, Amurlingkui was only six years old when he succeeded his grandfather Buyannemekü. He received higher education and was able to write in Classical Chinese. He was good at writing poems, prose and calligraphy. After reaching adulthood, he was put in charge of his own fief in Horqin.
During the Xinhai Revolution, Amurlingkui and other Mongol noblemen organized the league of Mongol princes supporting the house of Aisin-Gioro. However, after Yuan Shikai took over the power, the Mongol noblemen turned their support to Yuan instead.[2]
With the fall of the Qing dynasty, he became a senator in the provisional senate of the Republic of China and a member of the political council. He also participated in the second congress of Republic of China. He died in the year of 1930. His son Heshig inherited the Jasagh status but lost the title of prince.
The later years of Amurlingkui were troubled by economic crisis of his family. Taxes could no longer be collected from the peasants of his fief, and salaries from the congress were not sufficient to support his many relatives. He eventually had to sell his mansion in Beijing in order to relieve himself from the plight.[3]
