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Tamuca Hala: Banner Military Awards over Several Generations

Ancestral localities, banner affiliation, and genealogical evidence

The Tamuca clan is recorded in volume 56 of the Qianlong-era Comprehensive Genealogy of Manchu Clans of the Eight Banners with Heilongjiang as its ancestral region. Bahana of the.

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Clan and Banner Background

The Tamuca clan is recorded in volume 56 of the Qianlong-era Comprehensive Genealogy of Manchu Clans of the Eight Banners with Heilongjiang as its ancestral region. Bahana of the Plain Blue Banner submitted early. His son Gang'ada fought in campaigns toward the frontier and Shandong while not yet holding office and earned yunqiwei for an assault at Linluo Pass. Imperial favour later increased the hereditary distinction to third-class qingche duwei.

Family Service and Distinctions

After Gang'ada died, his grandson Zhuo'erhe succeeded, gained additional distinctions in the Tibet campaign, and served as a banner commander. When Mahuda inherited, an increment conferred by imperial favour was deducted, leaving the grade of qidu wei. Mahuda was later dismissed, and a clan cousin, Kuacha, succeeded under further revised rules. A separate branch records Xilengtai, a collateral grandson of Bahana, earning yunqiwei as a guard-company officer in fighting at Huangcaoba, Yunnan, an award inherited by Xilengtai's son Yingnu.

Kinship, Succession, and Evidence

Company command was an actual military duty, unlike the grades qingche duwei, qidu wei, and yunqiwei, which were inherited military honours. Grants for service, increases by favour, and deductions during succession could change rank. The highest title held by one ancestor cannot therefore be ascribed indiscriminately to every later descendant. Place identifications and exact inheritance dates await further study.

Sources and Bibliography

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