Clan and Banner Background
The Saimile clan, written with an older character form in the original text, appears in volume 36 of the Qianlong Comprehensive Genealogy of the Manchu Clans of the Eight Banners. Families were distributed around Saharcha and other localities. Tongjiao of the Bordered Yellow Banner submitted early. His grandson Ba'erduchan distinguished himself in the assault on Yanzhou in Shandong and was awarded the first-class hereditary rank qingche duwei; a further yunqiwei distinction was added after the Qing entry into China proper. Because Ba'erduchan had no heirs, his elder brother Duonuo succeeded, followed by later relatives including Saierse.
Family Service and Distinctions
Another line came from Gakuna of the Plain Red Banner, whose family resided along the Heilongjiang. Gakuna's grandson Bu'ershan earned a yunqiwei distinction in the attack on Shouzhang County. A descendant, Shalai, concurrently held banner-colonel and niru-commander responsibilities. He was killed during the fighting at Hotong Huerha Nao'er and posthumously received a further distinction. Taxinta of the Bordered White Banner submitted during the Tiancong reign; his great-grandson Dakesaka took part in campaigns in Yunnan, Burma and Chahar, later serving as a deputy banner commander.
Kinship, Succession, and Evidence
The genealogy expressly connects Tongjiao and Taxinta as kinsmen. This specific statement, rather than similarity of surnames alone, supports the link between banner branches. Operational commands and inherited military ranks must be recorded separately. Source: Eight Banners Manchu Clan Genealogy, vol. 36.
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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