Clan and Banner Background
The Qitala clan appears in volume 51 of the Comprehensive Genealogy of Manchu Clans of the Eight Banners, with families around the Songhua River. A'ersun of the Bordered Yellow Banner submitted early. His grandsons Shalai and Sunzhu were cavalry-company officers; another grandson, Xiamuda, served in a guard company and died fighting at Xiamen in Fujian, receiving a posthumous yunqiwei. Xiamuda's son Changcun inherited the award, earned further distinction in Yunnan and against Galdan, and served as niru commander.
Family Service and Distinctions
When Changcun's son Taoge died without heirs, the distinction passed to a collateral relative, Zhaqin. Another Bordered Yellow Banner branch, descended from Jiaketana on the Songhua River, submitted during Tiancong. His grandson Bofuqi fought Galdan as a third-class imperial bodyguard and earned yunqiwei, subsequently inherited by Etengbao. The genealogy expressly records Jiaketana as kin to Guman of Yaerhu and Wei hechen of the Bordered Blue Banner and notes banner transfers among some descendants.
Kinship, Succession, and Evidence
The documented relations support particular links across banners, not a general merger of similar-sounding clans. Guard-company offices, imperial bodyguard grades, niru administration, and hereditary yunqiwei must be distinguished. Historical settlement sites, transfers, and genealogy need further study.
Sources and Bibliography
References reproduce links supplied with the Chinese research manuscript. Individual historical claims have not all been independently verified against the primary sources.
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