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Zha'erjiu: A Warka Guwalgiya Leader and His Descendants

Historical service, banner offices, and hereditary distinctions

Zha'erjiu was a Guwalgiya leader among the Warka communities, later registered in the Bordered Blue Banner. According to volume 2 of the Comprehensive Genealogy of the Manchu.

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Background and Banner Affiliation

Zha'erjiu was a Guwalgiya leader among the Warka communities, later registered in the Bordered Blue Banner. According to volume 2 of the Comprehensive Genealogy of the Manchu Clans of the Eight Banners, he brought 100 households into Qing allegiance during the early period. The population was organized as a banner company managed by Zha'erjiu's son Yanbuli. The source later records Yanbuli's award of qidu wei and his death in the campaign against Shenyang, followed by a posthumous increase to second-class qingche duwei.

Career, Campaigns, and Offices

The chiefship of a local community and the post-submission office of niru commander were different kinds of authority. The reference to 100 households describes family units entering the banner system, not exactly 100 enlisted soldiers. Yanbuli commanded the company and died in battle; those were the son's experiences, not Zha'erjiu's.

Hereditary Honors and Source Limits

Yanbuli's son Yelesheng first inherited the distinction but was removed. His brother Ge'erte subsequently succeeded and fought in campaigns around Jinzhou, Qiantunwei and Sichuan, holding a guard colonelship alongside a niru command. His hereditary award underwent later additions and deductions, eventually leaving qidu wei as the inheritable grade. A separate great-grandson of Zha'erjiu, Gadahun, died at Pingliang and received a posthumous yunqiwei. These parallel succession histories should not be fused. Source: Eight Banners Manchu Clan Genealogy, vol. 2.

Sources and Bibliography

  1. Source reference 1 — zh.wikisource.org
  2. Source reference 2 — zh.wikisource.org
  3. Source reference 3 — 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.