Bhatti Explained
Bhatti is a Punjabi[1] [2] and a Sindhi[3] [4] [5] caste of Rajputs and Jats.[6] [7] [8] The name Bhatti is a Punjabi form of Bhati, and they along with Bhuttos and Bhatias claim to have originated from the Hindu Bhati Rajputs.[9] The Bhati Rajputs, and by extension the Bhatti caste, are descended from a common ancestor, Rao Bhatti, a 3rd-century Hindu monarch.[10]
The Muslim Bhattis had control over Bhatner and settlements around it. The Bhattis later lost Bhatner to the Rathores of Bikaner, who renamed Bhatner as Hanumangarh.[11] In the years preceding the Indian rebellion of 1857, the British East India Company assigned pioneering Jat peasants proprietary rights over forested lands frequented by the Rajputs (Bhattis), Gurjars, Banjaras, Passis, and other wandering pastoral groups in Delhi and western Haryana regions.[12]
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Notes and References
- Book: Eaton, Richard Maxwell . Richard M. Eaton . Essays on Islam and Indian history . 2000 . Oxford University Press . 978-0-19-565114-0 . New Delhi ; New York . 345–346 . The Political and Religious Authority of the Shrine of Baba Farid in Pak-pattan, Punjab.
- Nazir . Pervaiz . 1993 . Social Structure, Ideology and Language: Caste among Muslims . Economic and Political Weekly . 28 . 52 . 2897–2900 . 4400597 . 0012-9976.
- Book: Weekes . Richard V. . Muslims Peoples: A World Ethnographic Survey; Second Edition, Revised and Expanded . 1984 . Greenwood Press . Westport, Conn . 0-313-23392-6 . 685 . Second.
- Web site: Sindh History, Culture & Economy Britannica . www.britannica.com . Encyclopedia Britannica . en . 29 May 2024 . Indigenous groups are the Mehs, or Muhannas, descendants of the ancient Mēds; Sammas and the related Lakhas, Lohānās, Nigamaras, Kahahs, and Channas; Sahtas, Bhattīs, and Thakurs of Rajput origin; Jats and Lorras...
- Book: Abdulla . Ahmed . The Historical Background of Pakistan and Its People . 1973 . Tanzeem Publishers . 96 . en . Among others are the Bhuttos, Bhattis, Lakha, Sahetas, Lohanas, Mohano, Dahars, Indhar, Chachar, Dhareja, Rathors, Dakhan, Langah etc. The Mohano tribe is spread over Makran, Sind and southern Punjab. They are also identified with the “Mallah’ of the Punjab and both have in common a sub-section called Manjari. All these old Sindhi tribes are known under the common nomenclature of Sammat..
- Book: Encyclopaedia of the World Muslims: Tribes, Castes and Communities, Volume 1. Nagendra Kr Singh, Abdul Mabud Khan. 2001. 996. Global Vision Publishing House. 9788187746003. Some of the gotra are Gill, Kalayana, Shergill, Randhawa, Karu, Kandyara, Bhatti, Sandhu, Nahar, Dhas, Dhab, Hans, Ghusar and Sahole..
- Book: Eaton, Richard M. . Richard M. Eaton . Peacock . A. C. S. . A. C. S. Peacock . Islamisation: Comparative Perspectives from History . 2017 . Edinburgh University Press . 978-1-4744-1712-9 . 386 . https://books.google.com/books?id=8C1WDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA386 . Reconsidering 'Conversion to Islam' in Indian History . ... such as the Bhattis, Hans and Dhudhis..
- Book: Gommans, Jos . The Indian Frontier : Horse and Warband in the Making of Empires. . 2017 . Routledge . 978-1-351-36356-3 . Milton . 1051140387 . Like most mobile groups of the Arid Zone, the Bhattis were an open ethnic category consisting of all kinds of Jats, and various other groups..
- Book: Kothiyal, Tanuja. Nomadic Narratives: A History of Mobility and Identity in the Great Indian. Cambridgr University Press. 2016. 9781107080317. 70. the various Hindu Bhati Rajput Bhati sub-clans, like Saran, Moodna, Seora as well as Muslim groups like Bhatti, Bhutto...and the trading community of Bhatiya, all link their origins to the Bhatis.
- Book: Lethbridge, Sir Roper . The Golden Book of India. A Genealogical and Biographical Dictionary of the Ruling Princes, Chiefs, Nobles, and Other Personages, Titled Or Decorated, of the Indian Empire. With an Appendix for Ceylon . S. Low, Marston & Company . 1900 . London . 112 . en.
- Book: Hooja, Rima. A History of Rajasthan. Rupa & Company. 2006. 978-81-291-0890-6. 385. Bhatner (now known as Hanumangarh, in commemoration of a famous victory by a latter ruler of Bikaner....). Around this renowned Bhatner were the settlements of the chiefly muslim Bhattis.
- Book: Bayly, Christopher Alan . Indian Society and the Making of the British Empire . Christopher Bayly . Reprinted . Cambridge University Press . 1990 . 143, 188–189 . 978-0-521-38650-0 .
