Song, Liao, and Jin · Military Governor

Bala 拔剌

Attested AD 916 - AD 1125

Passages
6
Chapters
2
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Bala as a military officer and official. This record brings together 6 passages from 2 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Bala 拔剌 Bala
Personal Balaci 拔剌 Balaci
Courtesy Biele Yin 別勒隱 Biele Yin

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Military Officer
  • Official

Life and dates

Death

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 太平末 · Western Interval: Start: AD 1021 · End: AD 1031
    Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:088:s0036
  • Western Interval: Start: AD 916 · End: AD 1125 · Source Date: Text:
    Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:067:s0254
  • Source Date: Text: 重熙中 · Western Interval: Start: AD 1032 · End: AD 1055
    Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:088:s0040
  • Source Date: Text: 開泰間 · Western Interval: Start: AD 1012 · End: AD 1021
    Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:088:s0035

Family

  • Sibling of Xiao Dilie (蕭敵烈)
    Kinship Term: elder brother / 兄 · Subject Relative Age: younger
    Kinship Term: younger brother / 弟 · Subject Relative Age: elder · Subject Role: elder-brother · Object Role: younger-brother

Career and standing

  • Label: Detailed Commandant of the Four Swift Armies / 四捷軍詳穩 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · liaoshi:088:s0040
  • Label: Detailed Commandant of the Imperial Maternal Clan / 國舅詳穩 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · liaoshi:088:s0041
  • Label: Grand Commandant of the Six Xi Tribes Tulü / 奚六部禿裏太尉 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · liaoshi:088:s0035
  • Label: Langjun / 郎君 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · liaoshi:088:s0035
  • Label: Military Commissioner of the Zhaode Army / 昭德軍節度使 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · liaoshi:088:s0041
  • Label: Military Governor of Linhai / 臨海節度使 · Action: held
    Explicit · liaoshi:067:s0254
  • Status: resigned · Action: returned-home
    Explicit · liaoshi:088:s0040

Places and affiliations

Learning and skills

Events and relationships

Assessments and attributes

  • Item: stallion from the imperial stables / 內廄馬 · Relation: bestowed
    Explicit · liaoshi:088:s0039

References in the histories

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History of Liao, Chapter 67Volume 67 Tables 5: Families of Imperial Consorts · 1 passage
History of Liao, Chapter 88Volume 88 Biographies 18: Xiao Dilie, Yelu Pennu, Xiao Paiya, Yelu Zizhong, Yelu Yaozhi, Yelu Honggu, Gao Zheng, Yelu Delu, Da Kangyi · 5 passages