Mizha Clan

Overview

The Mizha clan appears in Volume 62 of the *Comprehensive Genealogy of the Manchu Clans of the Eight Banners*, a Manchu surname that originally resided in the Nimacha region. The entry for Dunduo records that he belonged to the Plain Blue Banner and submitted to the Qing dynasty at the beginning of the dynasty. The genealogy lists his sixth-generation descendant, Dong Xi, as having served as a defense officer; his seventh-generation descendants, Demutu and Yatu, as cavalry captains; Yasiha, who served as a defense officer at the time the genealogy was compiled, and Asiha, who served as a Qiduwei; and his ninth-generation descendants, Sucheng'a and Wulong'e, also served as cavalry captains.

The central focus of these records is the positions held by the family's descendants within the banner garrisons. Both defense officers and cavalry captains were officers of the Eight Banners, respectively within the banner garrison's management and basic military command system. The Qiduwei managed the soldiers under their jurisdiction, their training, and related military affairs. "Cavaliers" refers to a military organization, not an individual martial title. The Plain Blue Banner is the banner to which this family belonged, and is a different level of information from their official positions.

This section requires particular attention to generational order: from the Dundu who initially submitted to the kingdom to the sixth, seventh, and ninth generations of descendants, the electronic text lists a significant span of generations. This text retains the affiliation of each individual according to the genealogy, without calculating birth and death years or supplementing intermediate lineages. The script of the Mi Zha, the location of Nimacha, and the generational numbers await verification from the original printed edition; any doubts will not affect the retention of existing names and positions.