Ahai of the Irgen Gioro Clan

Clan affiliation

Ahai was an early member of the Irgen Gioro clan registered with the Bordered Red Banner and associated with Fe Ala. Volume 14 of the *Comprehensive Genealogy of the Eight Banner Manchu Clans* describes Ahai as belonging to the same clan as Hulhu, but supplies neither a common named ancestor nor evidence that they were brothers. It records no office held by Ahai himself.

Offices among the descendants

Two of Ahai's great-grandsons are named: Yinda formerly held the military office of *fangyu* (Defence Officer), and Jinda formerly served as a *bitieshi*, responsible for clerical documentation and often translation. Later descendants include Yafana, listed as a serving *bujunxiao*, an officer of the infantry establishment; Sangge, a serving *hujunxiao* of the Guard; and Alshan, formerly a deputy *hujunxiao*. The deputy title attached to Alshan should not be raised to the full office merely because the other descendants held substantive appointments.

These posts belonged to different strands of civil and military service. In particular, *fangyu* was a formal title, not simply a description of defensive fighting, and a *bitieshi* cannot be assigned to a particular ministry when the genealogy does not name one.

What remains uncertain

Terms such as “former” and “current” refer to the time when the record was compiled and do not establish exact dates. The genealogy gives generational positions without reconstructing every intervening paternal link. Neither the descendants' offices nor their service records should be attributed to Ahai. His allegiance date, the precise Fe Ala locality and the identities of similarly named men require corroboration in additional original records.