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Agui

Chinese general and official
Also known as: A-kuei, Guangting, Yunyan
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Agui (born September 7, 1717, China—died October 10, 1797, Beijing) was a Chinese general and government official during the middle years of the Qing dynasty in China. The scion of a noble family, Agui directed Chinese military expeditions that quelled uprisings in the western provinces of Sichuan and Gansu. He also conquered Ili and Chinese Turkistan, areas on China’s northwestern frontier that are today part of the Uygur Autonomous Region of Xinjiang. In addition, he...

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