Hoifa Nara

This family name uses Manchu naming customs and is not a double-barrelled name. The clan's name or "Mūkun" is Hoifa; the family name or "hala" is Nara

Hoifa Nara
Manchu name
Manchu script	ᡥᠣᡳ᠌ᡶᠠ ᠨᠠᡵᠠ
Möllendorff	hoifa nara
Chinese name
Chinese	辉发那拉氏
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin huī fā nà lā shì
Pronunciation respelling name
Pronunciation respelling	HOY-fah-NAH-rah

Hoifa Nara is a one of the four major branches of the Nara clan and among the eight greatest Manchu families in some of the historical records during Qing dynasty. It was also the ruling clan of the Hoifa tribal nation (輝發國, -1607). Its ancestor, Angguli, originally belonged to the Ikderi clan of the Nimaca tribe in the Heilongjiang region. After migrating south, he adopted the surname Nara through association with local Nara families. By the late Ming period, the clan established the tribal nation in the Hoifa River basin under the leadership of Wangginu (王機褚). After the defeat of his grandson Baindari (拜音達禮) by Nurhaci, the clan and its followers were incorporated into the Eight Banners.