理藩院
The name Lifan Yuan has various translations in English, including the "Board for National Minority Affairs", "Court of Territorial Affairs", "Board for the Administration of Outlying Regions", "Office for Relations with Principalities", "Office of Barbarian Control", "Office of Mongolian and Tibetan Affairs" and "Court of Colonial Affairs". etc. The office was initially known as the Mongol Yamen (; , lit. the Mongol department) when it was first created in 1636. In 1639 the department was renamed and expanded to "Lifan Yuan" in Chinese and "Tulergi golo be dasara jurgan" in Manchu. The Manchu name literally means the department for the administration of outlying regions. During the period of the Late Qing Reform or New Policies, the name was changed again to Lifan Ministry () in 1907 and existed until the end of the Qing dynasty in 1912.