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Qitang'a: A Guwalgiya Ancestral Figure of the Plain Yellow Banner

Historical service, banner offices, and hereditary distinctions

Qitang'a was an early Qing Guwalgiya member of the Plain Yellow Banner, whose family resided at Nimacha. He submitted during the early period of Qing expansion. Volume 2 of the.

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Background and Banner Affiliation

Qitang'a was an early Qing Guwalgiya member of the Plain Yellow Banner, whose family resided at Nimacha. He submitted during the early period of Qing expansion. Volume 2 of the Comprehensive Genealogy of the Manchu Clans of the Eight Banners records later generations rather than a detailed personal administrative career. A more distant descendant, Saibihan, served as vice-minister of the Board of Revenue, while Dehede became an officer of the imperial guard units and fought in Jiangxi and Huguang. Dehede subsequently joined the campaign against Galdan and was killed at Ulan Butung.

Career, Campaigns, and Offices

The Board of Revenue administered household registers, taxation and state finances; a vice-minister was a senior civil official. Guard-unit officers supervised military personnel and served in operations. These appointments belonged to different descendants and should not be attributed to Qitang'a himself.

Hereditary Honors and Source Limits

Dehede received a posthumous yunqiwei distinction, inherited by his son Baiyatu and grandson Zhu Sanbao. This hereditary award was distinct from the active guard officer position. Further descendants, including Aibina, served in the guard forces, while Fobaozhu became a third-class imperial bodyguard. The genealogical terms for generations are preserved because a complete intervening sequence of fathers is not supplied. Nimacha's specific settlement location and appointment dates still need verification. Source: Eight Banners Manchu Clan Genealogy, vol. 2.

Sources and Bibliography

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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.