Hangshika of the Irgen Gioro Clan

Household and Banner affiliation

Hangshika is recorded in volume 14 of the *Comprehensive Genealogy of the Eight Banner Manchu Clans* as a member of an Irgen Gioro *booi* household associated with Fe Ala. The family entered the Manchu polity early in its history. The entry places it among the Plain Blue Banner *booi*, explicitly noting a transfer from the Plain Red Banner *booi*. Both the earlier affiliation and later registration are important to the household's history; the change should not be omitted when describing its Banner identity.

Appointments within the family

Hangshika himself formerly served as a *niru janggin*, conventionally translated as a company captain or company commander (*zuoling* in Chinese). His sons Subingji and Hersu also formerly held appointments as *zuoling*. A great-grandson, Juehetuo, served as a *xiaoqixiao*, an officer with responsibilities concerning Banner soldiers. The *niru* was a basic Banner registration and military-administrative unit, and its captain dealt with people and affairs attached to that unit. The *xiaoqixiao* belonged to a different level of military organization.

Two sons holding the same type of office do not prove that they successively inherited one specific company. Nor does *booi* status preclude a household's participation in military administration, population registration or other official service.

Unresolved details

The genealogy does not identify the units commanded by Subingji and Hersu, the date or cause of the Banner transfer, or the particular princely or imperial establishment to which the *booi* household was attached. It places Juehetuo in a later generation without listing every intervening ancestor. The family's precise Fe Ala residence, terms of office and potential hereditary arrangements require further documentary evidence.