Udaha

Overview

Volume 15 of the *the Comprehensive Genealogy of the Manchu Clans of the Eight Banners* includes Udaha in the appendix of the Irgen Gioro clan. His banner affiliation is listed as a bondservant of the Bordered Yellow Banner, and his ancestral home is "Kulun." He is placed in the group "Year of Arrival Unknown." The Bordered Yellow Banner bondservant status indicates the banner organizational structure seen at the time of compilation; however, "bondservant" refers to a subordinate status within the Eight Banners and the Imperial Household Department system, and cannot be simply equated with a modern household servant, nor can it be inferred that an individual's legal status remained unchanged. The genealogy records his resume as follows: he was originally a Yunhui Envoy; his son Suiha was originally the head of the Imperial Kitchen, and Sangge was originally a steward; his grandson Sahan was originally a second-class imperial bodyguard; and his great-grandson Hange was a student. The original entry clearly records these titles under his name. The kinship hierarchy and statuses such as "former" and "current" are retained as in the original entry. At this stage, Udaha's official position, rank, or birth and death are not inferred from the official positions of his descendants. The relevant institutional terms should be understood according to the Qing Dynasty context: Second-class imperial guards belonged to the rank of palace guards, which was higher than that of third-class imperial guards, but the original article did not provide specific locations and dates of service; the head of the imperial kitchen was in charge of the kitchen staff and food supply affairs, and the specific service location still needs to be verified with the archives of the Imperial Household Department; the official in charge of sacrificial meat was related to the ceremonial affairs such as the preparation and distribution of sacrificial meat, and should not be understood as a modern administrative official title. "Kulun" retains the historical place name spelling in genealogical records; there may be different places with the same name, different spellings, and changes in jurisdiction, and it cannot be directly equated to a certain administrative region today.