Sibe

The Sibe were a Tungusic-speaking people of northeastern Asia, later subject to the Khorchin Mongols. In 1593 Nurhaci defeated a coalition including Sibe warriors at Gure.

The Khorchin gave the Sibe to the Kangxi Emperor in 1692, and the Qing enrolled them in the Eight Banners and stationed them at Qiqihar and other northeastern towns. In 1700 some Sibe were moved from Qiqihar to Hohhot. In 1764 the Qianlong Emperor ordered Sibe moved west to the Ili valley, where they guarded the Qing frontier.