Mǎhú

Mahu was the land of the Yi Mahu people on the lower Jinsha River in southern Sichuan, organized by the Yuan as Mahu Route.

In 1371 the Yuan commander An Ji sent his son An Ren to submit to the Ming, who made the An family hereditary prefects. An Ao later levied silver by the head and plotted against the Pingyi chief Wang Taiqing. He was executed in 1495; in 1496 the Ming replaced the hereditary rulers with an appointed official. The Qing abolished Mahu Prefecture in 1727.