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Quảng Bình Án sát sứ ty chi ấn (廣平按擦使司之印), the great seal of the Surveillance Commissioner of the Quảng Bình province.

The position of Surveillance Commissioner (Hán-Nôm: 按察使; Vietnamese: Án sát sứ), or Án sát (按察), was category of mandarins present in the government systems of China, Japan, Joseon (Korea), and Vietnam originating in the Tang dynasty. In Vietnamese history the position the position was first established in the year Hồng Đức 2 (1471) when the whole country is divided into 12 regions and the post of Án sát is placed in each of them. After this placement, the position of Án sát was no longer known or mentioned in Vietnamese history. It wasn't until the year Minh Mạng 12 (1831) that the position would be re-established in Vietnam, it was one of the four provincial mandarins (Administration Commissioner, Surveillance Commissioner, Provincial Education Commissioner, and Provincial Military Lead) that formed the closest staff of the Tổng đốc to direct activities in the province (tỉnh) and at all of its prefectures (phủ), districts (huyện), cantons (tổng), and communes (xã).