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Nitang'a: Guwalgiya Company Founder from Nimacha

Historical service, banner offices, and hereditary distinctions

Nitang'a was a Guwalgiya man of the Bordered Blue Banner who came from Nimacha. Volume 2 of the Comprehensive Genealogy of the Manchu Clans of the Eight Banners records that he.

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Background and Banner Affiliation

Nitang'a was a Guwalgiya man of the Bordered Blue Banner who came from Nimacha. Volume 2 of the Comprehensive Genealogy of the Manchu Clans of the Eight Banners records that he brought his brothers and other people of the same locality into Qing allegiance during the early years. A banner company was organized from the submitted population, and Nitang'a became its commander. His younger brother Ninu received the hereditary distinction qidu wei for effective service and a further yunqiwei after participating in operations toward Heilongjiang.

Career, Campaigns, and Offices

The niru commanded by Nitang'a represented both household registration and military organization. The hereditary awards belonged to Ninu and should not be reassigned to Nitang'a on the strength of their brotherhood. Ninu's son Gente subsequently inherited the awards and fought in the campaigns following the Qing entry into China proper, including Shandong and operations in Huguang, Hunan and near Zhoushan. He later served as a dutong and deliberative minister, attained first-class baron and received the posthumous name Xiangzhuang.

Hereditary Honors and Source Limits

The barony passed to descendants including Getuken and Masha, with later deductions of increments that had arisen from general imperial favors. Ninu's grandson Hailan, killed fighting at Yongxing in Huguang, earned a separate posthumous yunqiwei. These achievements of Nitang'a's brother and nephews represent related, but not identical, military histories. Source: Eight Banners Manchu Clan Genealogy, vol. 2.

Sources and Bibliography

  1. Source reference 1 — zh.wikisource.org
  2. Source reference 2 — zh.wikisource.org
  3. Source reference 3 — 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.