Bahata of the Irgen Gioro Clan

Military service

Bahata was an early Qing member of the Irgen Gioro clan of the Plain White Banner, associated with the locality recorded as Wakhong Emo. His family entered the Manchu polity during the Tiancong reign, and the genealogy places him in the same clan as Yindahuqi. Volume 15 of the *Comprehensive Genealogy of the Eight Banner Manchu Clans* records Bahata's service as a *hujun canling*, an officer with supervisory responsibilities in the Guard. He fought in Guizhou and, during the returning campaign, participated in operations at Zhenjiang against forces associated with Zheng Chenggong. His military accomplishments brought him the combined hereditary distinction of *qiduwei* with one *yunqiwei* increment. He retired in old age.

Succession and the next generation

After his retirement, the hereditary distinction passed to his grandson Xileng'e. That grandson subsequently joined the campaign against Galdan and distinguished himself at Zuunmod, receiving an increase to third-class *qingche duwei*. As Xileng'e left no son, succession later moved through a nephew and a collateral branch. His victory and the additional dignity were not events in Bahata's personal career, and successive holders did not automatically inherit Bahata's Guard appointment.

Bahata's eldest son Anabu formerly served as a *zhushi* administrative secretary, his third son Kebai as a first-class imperial guard, and his grandson Haiqing as a *yuanwailang*. These represent separate civilian and court-security appointments, not one general family military office.

Uncertainties

The available excerpt does not identify the ministries employing the administrative officers, the guards' posts, or all intermediary fathers. The place-name transcriptions and the precise years of battle, retirement and collateral succession need verification against the historical records.