Jakdan

Overview

Jia Kedan was a member of the Manchu Ezhuo clan, belonging to the Plain Yellow Banner. His family had lived in Yakesa City for generations, and the date of his submission to the Qing dynasty is unknown. Volume 46 of the official Qing dynasty genealogy, *the Comprehensive Genealogy of the Manchu Clans of the Eight Banners*, records that he originally served as a First-Class Imperial Guard, and clearly lists the order of his four sons: the eldest son, Mihana, originally served as a Vanguard Commander; the second son, Yihana, originally served as an Assistant Minister; the third son, Jia Hai, originally served as a Shepherd; and the fourth son, Xihana, originally served as a Vanguard Imperial Guard.

First-Class Imperial Guards belonged to the imperial guard system, and their duties included palace security and escorting the emperor. Vanguard Commanders were officers in the Vanguard organization, and Vanguard Imperial Guards should retain their full titles, without omitting the word "Vanguard." Assistant Ministers were officials in ministries and departments, different from Imperial Guards and Vanguards; Shepherds were involved in pasture management, but the specific pasture cannot be directly determined from this entry.

The genealogy also records that his grandson, Xinebu, originally served as a Blue-Lantern Imperial Guard; his great-grandsons, Wutongbao and Ledeli, originally served as scribes and fifth-rank officials, respectively. The scribe was responsible for official documents, but only his rank was mentioned for a fifth-rank official, so his official title could not be determined from this. The modern equivalent of Yaksa city, the date the family migrated to the banner system, and the specific positions of each son are yet to be verified. This text retains the order of the four sons because it directly determines kinship identification; their positions cannot be interchanged for the sake of simplification.