Bala (拔剌) | 24 Histories

Overview

Bala was a Father of Xiao Leyinnu.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1032 重熙初
Dated from the passage context · History of Liao 96, passage 138

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Parent of Xiao Leyinnu (蕭樂音奴)
father 父
Directly stated · History of Liao 96, passage 137

Kinship Role parents · Count 2 · died when Bala was three
Directly stated · History of Liao 96, passage 137

Places and affiliations

Polity Id liao · Relation Served
Directly stated · History of Liao 96, passage 137

References in the histories

History of Liao, Chapter 96Volume 96 Biographies 26: Yelu Renxian, Yelu Liang, Xiao Hanjianu, Xiao De, Xiao Weixin, Xiao Leyinnu, Yelu Dilie, Yao Jingxing, Yelu Asi · 2 passages

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父拔剌，三歲居父母喪，毀瘠過甚，養於家奴奚列阿不。 His father Bala, at age three while in mourning for his parents, wasted away excessively and was raised by the household slave Xilie Abu.

重熙初，興宗獵奚山，過拔剌所居，奚列阿不言於近臣，拔剌得見上。 Early in the Chongxi reign, Emperor Xingzong hunted in the Xi mountains and passed Bala's dwelling. Xilie Abu spoke to close ministers, and Bala was brought before the emperor.