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Nija Hala: Varied Offices across Three Banner Branches

Ancestral localities, banner affiliation, and genealogical evidence

The Nija clan is recorded in volume 57 of the Comprehensive Genealogy of Manchu Clans of the Eight Banners, with branches around the Urxi River, Shenyang, and Xingshan. The.

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Clan and Banner Background

The Nija clan is recorded in volume 57 of the Comprehensive Genealogy of Manchu Clans of the Eight Banners, with branches around the Urxi River, Shenyang, and Xingshan. The genealogy distinguishes Xizhulan of the Plain Red Banner, Shuoguoli of the Bordered Red Banner, and Yuzi, a booi of the Bordered Red Banner. Xizhulan submitted early and his fourth-generation descendant Hasana served as a guard-company officer; submission dates for the other lines are unknown.

Family Service and Distinctions

Shuoguoli was an assistant commander supervising bow-makers. His sons included Wa'erka, a pasture supervisor; Waita, a cavalry-company officer; and Haita, a sixth-grade booi administrator. Yuzi's son Gaihali served as an eighth-grade ceremonial officer, and Yuzi's grandson Heshentai held the same grade of ceremonial post when the text was compiled. The stated grades belong to those individual descendants and must not be added to their ancestors' titles.

Kinship, Succession, and Evidence

Pasture administration, booi management, princely-household ceremony, cavalry organization, and craft supervision were distinct areas of work. Booi status also specified a relationship of registration not identical to ordinary banner-company affiliation. The precise bow-makers' organizational structure, location of the Urxi River, and branch genealogies require further investigation.

Sources and Bibliography

  1. Source reference 1 — zh.wikisource.org
  2. Source reference 2 — zh.wikisource.org
  3. Source reference 3 — zh.wikisource.org
  4. Source reference 4 — zh.wikisource.org

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