Lifan Yuan
It was originally created during the Qing Dynasty in 1636 as Mongolian Bureau (), later reformed into Lifan Yuan in 1639, and oversaw the relationship of the Qing court to its Mongolian and Tibetan dependencies. During Kangxi Emperor rule, the bureau was renamed to Minority Affairs Council and in 1906 renamed to Ministry of Minority Affairs (理藩部) under Guangxu Emperor rule .