Harku

Overview

Harku was a member of the Bayara clan of the Plain White Banner. Volume 38 of the official Qing dynasty genealogy, *The Comprehensive Genealogy of the Manchu Clans of the Eight Banners*, records that the family had lived along the Songhua River for generations, but the exact date of their submission is unknown. This entry lists many descendants' positions in the Imperial Guard and Banner affairs, and is a genealogy compiled from the ancestors; it cannot be interpreted as simply piecing together the official positions of multiple generations into Harku's resume.

His fourth-generation descendant, Baldachu, served as a Minister of the Imperial Guard. Many of his descendants held first, second, and third-rank positions, as well as Blue-Lanyard Guards, and held various ranks such as zuoling, Hu Jun Xiao, Bu Jun Xiao, and Xiao Qi Xiao. Ministers of the Imperial Guard and Imperial Guards belonged to the Imperial Guard system, participating in escort and entourage duties; zuoling managed lower-level Banner units, while the Infantry and Xiao Qi were separately organized. The ranks and duties of different officials should be explained separately according to the established system.

His sixth-generation descendant, Sangge, was a sixth-rank official; Bohe served as a Shepherd; and his seventh-generation descendant, Mafeiying'a, served as a zuoling. A sixth-rank official is only given a grade, not a substantive post; the pastoral chief is related to pastoral affairs, and the affiliated institution requires further evidence. The electronic text also contains variant readings such as "Infantry Commander-in-Chief" and "Former Deputy Commander of Wuyi Prefecture," which need to be verified against the original text and will not be changed to confirmed titles beforehand. The ancestral home, pastoral chief's institution, and lineage of each generation also need to be verified.