Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The title of the representatives of China in Mongolia and Turkistan.
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- noun now historical A Chinese
official under the Qing Dynasty, especially the ranking official or provincial governor in a semi-independent territory under Chinese rule.
Etymologies
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Examples
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The Chinese officials in Eastern Turkestan had shown him marked courtesy, and he had expected the same from those in the towns of Western China, but found it altogether lacking, I believe, because the Mongols who announced his arrival had called him amban, while his passport was almost the same as a missionary's; the official was quick to appreciate the fact that Capt.
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The old woman was delighted; it is certain she will never forget the great white amban, and if her wishes for prosperity and peace were of any avail surely he must have had a charmed life ever since.
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Mongols had in the meantime been telling Ani what a great man the approaching foreigner was, an amban they said, and had so enlisted her sympathies that she prevailed upon me to reconsider my decision, so I said,
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Ani was delighted that he could speak Mongolian, and called him amban and personally welcomed him to
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"Surely, if this is an amban who is coming he must have passports and other papers," whereupon the Mongols said he had sent them with one of his men, who was forthwith called.
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The amban and his officers were divided in council and dilatory in execution.
China Demetrius Charles Boulger 1890
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The events of 1728 saw the creation of the office of the amban, or imperial residents in Lhasa.
Phayul Latest News 2009
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The events of 1728 saw the creation of the office of the amban, or imperial residents in Lhasa.
Phayul Latest News 2009
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The events of 1728 saw the creation of the office of the amban, or imperial residents in Lhasa.
Phayul Latest News 2009
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(chu tsang ta ch'ên) or amban (ngang pai) with an assistant resident
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon 1840-1916 1913
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