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The Zhalali Clan

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The Zhalali clan is described in a dedicated notice in fascicle 51 of the Genealogies of the Manchu Clans of the Eight Banners. The compilation associates its members with Warka and other ancestral localities. It first identifies Anu, a Plain Blue Bannerman who brought fifty Manc…

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Overview

The Zhalali clan is described in a dedicated notice in fascicle 51 of the Genealogies of the Manchu Clans of the Eight Banners. The compilation associates its members with Warka and other ancestral localities. It first identifies Anu, a Plain Blue Bannerman who brought fifty Manchu households into submission during the early Qing period. Those households were formed into a Banner company under his son Arka, while Anu himself received a hereditary qiduwei title.

Historical Background

Subsequent passages trace inheritance of hereditary titles through descendants named Duobei, Ebai, Erduo, Dorji, and Heshang. One succession involved the removal of an additional yunqiwei title previously granted through an act of imperial favor, showing that the grade of an inherited award was not necessarily immutable. Anu's younger brother Wudeng'e is recorded under the Plain White Banner as having submitted with him. Wudeng'e's great-grandson Santai died at Ji'an Prefecture during a campaign in Jiangxi and received a posthumous yunqiwei award.

Sources and Interpretation

Another kinsman, Somunuohe of the Plain Blue Banner, had a son, Xiteku, who served as an assistant commandant of guard troops, participated in fighting around Jinzhou, and later died during operations in Sichuan. He received a posthumous qiduwei title. These notices concern distinct processes: household incorporation, succession to hereditary rank, and wartime death. The people, relationships, and awards are statements in a Qing official genealogy; battle details should still be compared with contemporary military records before being treated as independently established facts.

Sources and Bibliography

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