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Hitara Hala: A Clan with Imperial Household and Banner Officials

Ancestral localities, banner affiliation, and genealogical evidence

The Hitara clan is documented in volume 43 of the Comprehensive Genealogy of Manchu Clans of the Eight Banners, with branches in Niyaman Mountain, Yehe, Huifa, and other places.

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Clan and Banner Background

The Hitara clan is documented in volume 43 of the Comprehensive Genealogy of Manchu Clans of the Eight Banners, with branches in Niyaman Mountain, Yehe, Huifa, and other places. Angguduri Bayan of the Plain White Banner submitted early. His descendants included Saofu, an Imperial Household Department chief; Kamutu, an official involved in communication and administration; and Kuli, a vice president of the Board of Revenue. Other relatives served as vice censors, guard commanders, bodyguards, and banner-company officers.

Family Service and Distinctions

Kuli received additional hereditary rewards through service and assessments, with later succession affected by changes to increments bestowed under imperial edicts. Another descendant, Shuotai, served as deputy lieutenant-general and deliberative minister, campaigned in Shandong, Yunnan, Guizhou, and against Galdan, and earned third-class qingche duwei. Hanchuha fought in Yunnan as a cavalry-company officer and received qidu wei. These were achievements of different members and generations, not one continuous career.

Kinship, Succession, and Evidence

The Imperial Household Department managed court property and provisions; the Board of Revenue dealt with imperial finance and taxation, and the Censorate with official supervision. Membership in one clan could lead to employment across these institutions. The Niyaman Mountain line cannot be made the recent ancestral line of every Hitara family solely because the genealogy groups their surnames together. Place-names, orthographic variants, genealogy, and appointment dates need further examination.

Sources and Bibliography

  1. Source reference 1 — zh.wikisource.org
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References reproduce links supplied with the Chinese research manuscript. Individual historical claims have not all been independently verified against the primary sources.