Buyantai

Buyantai (Mandarin Chinese: 布彥泰, Manchu: ᠪᡠᠶᠠᠨᡨᠠᡳ, Möllendorf: Buyantai; 1791–1880), courtesy name Ziqian, was a Manchu and Mongol official of the Qing Dynasty of China. He was from the Borjigit clan, and was part of the Plain Yellow Banner of the Manchu Eight Banners. He is perceived as one of the most competent and effective Qing governors during the reign of the Daoguang Emperor, due to his pragmatic governance, agricultural development, and astute personnel management in Xinjiang. He is known for his term in Ili as General of Ili, and his negotiations with Ivan Zakharov and Yegor Kovalevsky of the Russian Empire alongside Yishan in 1851 which resulted in the signature of the Treaty of Kulja.

Buyantai is also known for his close connection with Lin Zexu, a Han Chinese scholar and Qing official known for starting the First Opium War by burning 1,018 tons of opium in Humen. They met when Lin was exiled to Xinjiang in 1843.