Mukhali

Overview

Mukhali appears in Volume 57 of the *Comprehensive Genealogy of the Manchu Clans of the Eight Banners*, under the section on the "Erhe Clan," and is recorded as a member of the Plain White Banner, residing in the Heilongjiang region. The original text not only records his family lineage but also explicitly states that Mukhali himself originally held the position of zuoling (a military rank), thus distinguishing him from individuals whose only records include their descendants holding such positions.

His son, Tukchok, was also originally a zuoling, as were his grandson, Tepute; his great-grandsons, Yongtai and Guoluoercha, also served as zuoling. In the great-great-grandson generation, Dewoertu served as a Blue-Lanyard Guard, and Darucha served as a Third-Class Guard during the compilation of the book. The repeated appearance of the zuoling position across several generations is a particularly noteworthy characteristic of this family's official appointments, but the original text does not directly state that these positions belonged to the same zuoling vacancy that could be inherited continuously.

Therefore, one cannot conclude that the family possessed the legal right to inherit a zuoling position solely based on the fact that several generations held the position. Heilongjiang is only a broad area of ​​ancestral home mentioned in the book and cannot be directly converted into a specific place of origin in a county in modern Heilongjiang Province.