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Suoduo Hala: A Booi Line and Divided Hereditary Awards

Ancestral localities, banner affiliation, and genealogical evidence

The Suoduo clan is recorded in volume 50 of the Comprehensive Genealogy of Manchu Clans of the Eight Banners, with Ula's Boerji settlement as its ancestral home. Botuobo of the.

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Clan and Banner Background

The Suoduo clan is recorded in volume 50 of the Comprehensive Genealogy of Manchu Clans of the Eight Banners, with Ula's Boerji settlement as its ancestral home. Botuobo of the Bordered White Banner belonged to a booi establishment, submitted early, and administered a newly formed niru. His son Duobei also commanded a niru, fought in Shandong and during the Qing conquest, and received qidu wei, later increased by imperial favour to second-class qingche duwei.

Family Service and Distinctions

After Duobei died, his eldest son Heshuose inherited a third-class qingche duwei, while the third son Guangkai separately inherited yunqiwei and served as a first-class princely-household guard. The Heshuose line passed through Alai and Zapuzhan; when Zapuzhan succeeded, additional grades granted by favour were removed and he inherited yunqiwei. Guangkai's son Guanyinbao succeeded to the other line's distinction. These records show the division of a family's hereditary entitlements, not the ordinary succession to a single undivided post.

Kinship, Succession, and Evidence

Another branch, descended from Wagu of the same region, transferred from the Plain White to the Bordered White Banner and produced ministry directors, cavalry-company officers, and household guards. Booi status, niru organization, and princely guard duty were distinct institutions. The exact historic location, transfer date, and inheritance arrangements need further confirmation.

Sources and Bibliography

  1. Source reference 1 — zh.wikisource.org
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  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.