Ancestry and record
Niuduoli was an early Qing member of the Irgen Gioro clan of the Bordered Blue Banner. The family was associated with Hurha and entered the Manchu polity in its early period. Volume 15 of the *Comprehensive Genealogy of the Eight Banner Manchu Clans* does not specify an office held by Niuduoli himself. The entry instead records the military career and death of his great-grandson Hedase.
Hedase's service and succession
Hedase served as a deputy *hujun canling*, an officer assisting in the supervision of the Guard. He took part in the campaign against the Dzungars and died in combat at Hotong Horkhonor. The hereditary merit dignity *yunqiwei* was conferred posthumously and later inherited by his son Saling'a. “Deputy” is integral to the original office title and must not be omitted or promoted to substantive command. The distinction granted after death was not a living Guard appointment, and Saling'a's inherited dignity does not demonstrate that he also inherited his father's military post.
A separate brother's branch
The genealogy additionally includes descendants of Niuduoli's brother Dasu: Hushitu, a great-grandson in that branch, formerly served as a *xiaoqixiao*, while Wutongbao, a more distant descendant, was recorded as a serving *xiaoqixiao*. Those appointments belong to the brother's line rather than automatically to Niuduoli's direct descendants.
Uncertainties
Hurha is a historical regional association whose precise modern locality is not established here. The date of the battle, exact form of the recorded names and missing paternal links in both family branches call for consultation of the original genealogy, military rolls and related archives.
Sources and Bibliography
- Source reference 1 — zh.wikisource.org
- Source reference 2 — zh.wikisource.org
- Source reference 3 — zh.wikisource.org
- Source reference 4 — zh.wikisource.org
Source links were inherited from the research manuscript. Individual assertions have not all been independently verified against archival originals.
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