Clan and Banner Background
The Kumutu clan appears in volume 55 of the Comprehensive Genealogy of Manchu Clans of the Eight Banners. The source records Suoqin and Shang'ata as separate Plain White Banner lineages and adds a branch founded by Manai of Hada. All three are described as early adherents, but this broad chronology is not evidence that they submitted together or migrated from one village.
Family Service and Distinctions
Suoqin's grandson Fudali served as a guard-battalion commander and earned yunqiwei through operations against Galdan; his son Fuge inherited the distinction. Other descendants served as niru commanders, defence officers, cavalry-company officers, deputy lieutenant-generals, and infantry-company officers. A guard-battalion command was an actual office, while yunqiwei was an inheritable reward.
Kinship, Succession, and Evidence
Shang'ata lived at Namdulu. His grandson Apudali served as a niru commander and, while assigned as kuwalan da, died on a Tibet campaign. He received yunqiwei, inherited by his son Qige. The genealogy expressly identifies Shang'ata's younger brother Dahasu as founder of a related line; this documented fraternal link is different from the unresolved kinship to Suoqin. Precise sites of Woji Aiman and Namdulu and the duties of the particular kuwalan da assignment require checking.
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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