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Urda Hala: Clan Renaming and Banner Branches

Ancestral localities, banner affiliation, and genealogical evidence

The Urda clan is recorded in volume 54 of the Comprehensive Genealogy of Manchu Clans of the Eight Banners, which places its members in the Yehe region and elsewhere. The.

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Clan and Banner Background

The Urda clan is recorded in volume 54 of the Comprehensive Genealogy of Manchu Clans of the Eight Banners, which places its members in the Yehe region and elsewhere. The genealogy expressly states that Jiahun of the Bordered Red Banner originally belonged to the Ulinda clan but adopted the name Urda after moving to Guanyintun. He joined the Manchu state in its early years. The explicit account of relocation and renaming applies to this branch, not automatically to every similarly written clan name.

Family Service and Distinctions

Jiahun's descendants held military-defence posts, grades of princely-household guard, censorial posts, administrative and ceremonial offices, and bithesi clerkships. A fourth-generation descendant, Badahai, earned a yunqiwei hereditary distinction through fighting at Shimenkan and Huangcaoba in Yunnan. Later members, including Kexibulu and Manpi, inherited that distinction. The achievement belonged to Badahai's line, not to Jiahun personally.

Kinship, Succession, and Evidence

Another early-submitting line, descended from Bujintai of the Bordered White Banner, originated at Jilin Ula. A descendant named Weng'ai died after distinction in Guizhou and Huguang as a guard-company officer. The genealogy identifies Busentai as related to Bujintai and records transfers from the Plain White Banner. Princely-household guards, guard-company officers, and document clerks must not be treated as the same position. The exact location of Guanyintun and distant genealogical connections require verification.

Sources and Bibliography

  1. Source reference 1 — zh.wikisource.org
  2. Source reference 2 — zh.wikisource.org
  3. Source reference 3 — gerel.net
  4. Source reference 4 — dict.revised.moe.edu.tw
  5. Source reference 5 — zh.wikisource.org

References reproduce links supplied with the Chinese research manuscript. Individual historical claims have not all been independently verified against the primary sources.