Chiefdom of Yao'an (Chinese: 姚安土司; pinyin: Yáo'ān Tǔsī), ruled by the Gao clan, was a Bai autonomous Tusi chiefdom during Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasty. The chiefdom located at the convergence of Yunnan and Sichuan.

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Chiefdom of Yao'an 姚安土司
1147–1729
Status	Chiefdom under the suzerainty of Dali Kingdom (1147–1253) Native Chiefdom of China (1253–1729)
Capital	Yao'an (present day Yao'an County of Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture)
Common languages	Bai language
Government	Monarchy
Chieftain
• 1147–?	Gao Mingqing (first)
• ?–1725	Gao Houde (last)
History
• Established	1147
• Disestablished	1729
Preceded by Succeeded by Dali Kingdom Qing dynasty
Today part of	China

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The Gao clan were descendants of Gao Shengtai, who was the emperor of Dali from 1094 to 1096.^[1][2] The Gao clan ruled Yao'an for more than 700 years, surviving several dynastic changes in China, until its last ruler Gao Houde was arrested by Qing Chinese in 1725.^[3] In 1729, Yao'an was fully annexed into the central bureaucratic system of the Qing dynasty.^[4]

Below are Yao'an chieftains:^[3]