Uka

Overview

Uka is a bondservant of the Plain White Banner under the "Muketu Clan" section of Volume 58 of the *Comprehensive Genealogy of the Manchu Clans of the Eight Banners*, whose family has lived in Yehe for generations. The original text clearly records that Uka himself served as an Inner Guard Commander, therefore his position should not be confused with the positions held by his descendants such as zuoling (military commander) and Siku (treasurer). This entry is listed in a group where the year of surrender is unknown, lacking a definite year of arrival.

Uka's son, Zhakuda, served as an assistant department director (*yuanwailang*), concurrently holding the titles of zuoling and Inner Guard Commander; his grandson, Qianbao, served as an Inner Guard Commander when the genealogy was compiled, and Suquan served as a scribe; his great-grandsons, Mingzhao and Mingshan, also served as scribes. The original entry further mentions that Uka's brother, Bandi, served as a City Garrison Commander, and that Bandi's great-grandson, Tibaozhu, served as a Principal. Here, "his great-grandson" refers to Bandi, and Tibaozhu should not be directly listed as Uka's great-grandson.

This genealogical text simultaneously reflects the continuity between the Inner Guard Commander position within the bondservant system and the clerk positions within the family. Yehe is mentioned in the text as the ancestral home, and it cannot be directly inferred from the place name that Ukha participated in the specific war between the Yehe tribe and the Later Jin.