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Lenggeli of the Šumuru Clan

An early Qing commander and minister of the Board of Punishments

Yangguli, belonging to the Šumuru clan of the Plain Yellow Banner. Volume 6 of the Comprehensive Genealogy of the Eight Banner Manchu Clans records that he served as zuoling, commander of a Banner company, and…

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Military advancement Lenggeli was a younger brother of Yangguli, belonging to the Šumuru clan of the Plain Yellow Banner. Volume 6 of the *Comprehensive Genealogy of the Eight Banner Manchu Clans* records that he served as *zuoling*, commander of a Banner company, and received *qiduwei* for military merit. He participated in reconnaissance and campaigns against Ming forces and was promoted to third-class *qingche duwei*. Further operations involving Mongol forces and Korea, including an assault on Yizhou, brought higher honors, culminating in first-class viscount.

Civil and Banner offices Lenggeli also served as senior Banner *dutong* and as minister of the Board of Punishments, the central institution concerned with criminal administration. *Zuoling* was a company-level appointment, *dutong* a senior Banner command and the Board ministry a high civil office. *Qiduwei*, *qingche duwei* and viscount were hereditary merit distinctions and noble grades, not additional tactical commands. The records of reconnaissance describe battlefield duties rather than a separate civilian appointment.

Later succession His eldest son Mucheng'e inherited the family rank and served as deputy Banner commander and vice minister of the Board of War. Grandson Muhelin later inherited and benefited from an imperial-grace increase to first-class earl. When a subsequent descendant, Seketu, inherited, the increase based on grace was withdrawn and the rank reverted to first-class viscount. These later changes do not establish that Lenggeli himself held the family's highest eventual noble grade. Original military accounts are still needed to verify the precise campaign sequence.

Sources and Bibliography

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