Yehe

The Yehe Nara is one of the main branches of the Nara clan of Manchu origin. It is the family surname of the beile (chieftains) of the Yehe tribe of the Haixi Jurchens. The clan's progenitor was a Mongol named Singgen darhan, who changed his surname to Nara after capturing the territory of the Hulun state's Zhang City, originally belonging to the Nara clan. His followers later migrated to the Yehe River, hence the name Yehe nation. Singgen Darhan great-grandson, Taicu (太杵), had two sons: Cinggiyanu and Yangginu. The brothers unified the Yehe tribes, each ruling a city and both titled beile. During the times of Gintaisi and Buyanggu, Yehe was annexed by Nurhaci, and its clans and followers were incorporated into the Eight Banners system.

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