Bhati Explained

Bhati is a clan of Rajputs which claims descent from a common ancestor, Rao Bhatti.^[1] The Bhati clan historically ruled over Jaisalmer, India.^[2]

History

The Bhatis of Jaisalmer belonged to the Yadava clan of Rajputs.^[3] They reportedly originated in Mathura through a common ancestor named Bhatti, who was a descendant of Pradyumn.^[4] According to the seventeenth-century Nainsi ri Khyat, the Bhatis after losing Mathura moved to Bhatner in Lakhi Jungle, and from there to other locations in western and northwestern India including Punjab. Jaisalmer had a dynasty with a successful line of rulers and this became their center. Bhatner, Pugal, Bikrampur, Barsalpur, Deravar, Maroth, Kehror, Aasnikot, Tanot, Lodhruva and Mamanvahan were some of the fortified settlements that were historically ruled by the Bhati clan or subclans. The Bhati ruler Vijayrao was known as the 'uttara disi bhad kivaad' (the sentinel of the north direction), due to his control over forts and settlements that extended from Ghazni to Gujarat, leading to several conflicts with the invading Muslim tribes.^[5] The Phulkian dynasty claimed direct descent from Rawal Jaisal Singh, the Bhati Rajput founder of the Kingdom of Jaisalmer.^[6]

See also

• Rajputs
• Bhatti
• Sidhu

Notes and References

1. 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.
2. Book: Female Infanticide in India: A Feminist Cultural History . Rashmi Dube . Bhatnagar . Reena . Dube . SUNY Press . 2005 . 978-0-7914-6327-7 . 254.
3. Book: Mohammad Habib, Khaliq Ahmad Nizami. A COMPREHENSIVE HISTORY OF INDIA VOL.5. PEOPLE’S PUBLISHING HOUSE,NEW DELHI. 1970. 838. Like the Bhatis of Jaisalmer, the chiefs of Karauli also belonged to the Yadava clan of Rajputs..
4. Book: Bond . J. W. . Indian States: A Biographical, Historical, and Administrative Survey . Wright . Arnold . Asian Educational Services . 2006 . 978-81-206-1965-4 . New Delhi . 325 . en . 16 July 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240620210317/https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Indian_States/47sfj8DUwNgC?hl=en&gbpv . 20 June 2024 . live.
5. Book: Kothiyal, Tanuja. Nomadic Narratives: A History of Mobility and Identity in the Great Indian. Cambridgre University Press. 2016. 9781107080317. 18, 55–60, 70. the various Hindu 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.
6. Book: Bond . J. W. . Indian States: A Biographical, Historical, and Administrative Survey . Wright . Arnold . Asian Educational Services . 2006 . 978-81-206-1965-4 . New Delhi . 232–242 . en . 14 June 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240620210317/https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Indian_States/47sfj8DUwNgC?hl=en&gbpv . 20 June 2024 . live.