Dala

Dala was a Jurchen community centred on Odoli by the Mudan river. In 1337 the Odoli were among the Jurchen groups under Yuan rule in the lower Songhua region.

Pressure from Wild Jurchens drove the Odoli and Huligai to the Tumen frontier at the turn of the fifteenth century. The Ming recognised Odoli chief Mengge Temur as a Jianzhou Guard commander in 1406 and made his following the Jianzhou Left Guard in 1416. After he was killed in 1433, remnants moved to the Suzi river in 1440 and joined the Huligai as Jianzhou Jurchens, from whom Nurhaci built the Later Jin.