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Muhada: A Warka Guwalgiya Ancestor

Historical service, banner offices, and hereditary distinctions

Muhada was a Guwalgiya ancestor associated with Warka and expressly described as a clansman of Zha'erjiu. Volume 2 of the Comprehensive Genealogy of the Manchu Clans of the Eight.

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Background and Banner Affiliation

Muhada was a Guwalgiya ancestor associated with Warka and expressly described as a clansman of Zha'erjiu. Volume 2 of the Comprehensive Genealogy of the Manchu Clans of the Eight Banners makes an important chronological distinction: it was Muhada's great-grandson Gasitun, rather than Muhada himself, who submitted with clan members during the early Qing period. Gasitun received second-class qingche duwei, and a banner company was established under the command of his son Yeleng'e.

Career, Campaigns, and Offices

A niru commander managed registered banner households and soldiers, whereas qingche duwei was an inheritable military distinction. Yeleng'e's son Hongshilu later served as a guard colonel in campaigns in Yunnan and Burma, took part in the operation at Ava that captured the Southern Ming Prince of Gui—the Yongli emperor Zhu Youlang—and fought against the Chahar rebel Burni. His accumulated hereditary rank reached third-class qingche duwei; he also held office as a deputy banner commander.

Hereditary Honors and Source Limits

The genealogy traces further descendants through several more generations, including banner officers, scribes, scholars and household guards. In the sixth generation, Fobao earned a separate yunqiwei for a campaign in Tibet; because he left no heirs, the title passed to his younger brother Wushiwu. This was distinct from Hongshilu's hereditary line. The ancestor Muhada's own dates and offices cannot be reconstructed from these later biographies. Source: Eight Banners Manchu Clan Genealogy, vol. 2.

Sources and Bibliography

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References reproduce links supplied with the Chinese research manuscript. Individual historical claims have not all been independently verified against the primary sources.