Qaimkhani Explained

Caste Name:	Qaimkhani
Caste Name In Local:	قائم خانی
Religions:	Islam
Country:	,
Region:	Sindh, Rajasthan
Feudal Title:	Raja

Qaimkhani (also spelled Qayam Khani, Qaim Khani or as Kaimkhani) is a Muslim community of India. Most of them migrated to the southern part of Sindh in Pakistan after partition. They were notable for ruling the Fatehpur and Jhunjhunu regions of Rajasthan from the 1300s to the 1700s.^{[1] [2]}

History

They claime to be descended from Chauhan Rajputs who converted from Hinduism to Islam in the 14th century during the reign of Firuz Shah Tughlaq.^{[3] [4]} As also stated by the historian Dirk H. A. Kolff that the Qaimkhanis have Turkic origins.^[5]

They ruled between 1384 and 1731 with Fatehpur, Rajasthan as the capital, Kayamkhanis ruled in Alipura, Fatehpur, Jhunjhunu and Singhana.^[6]

Notes and References

1. The kayamkhani Shaikhzada Family of Fatehpur-Jhunjhunu . Sunita Budhwar . Proceedings of the Indian History Congress . 39. 1978 . 412–425. 44139379.
2. Dr Dasharatha Sharma, Kyam Khan Raso, Ed. Dasharath Sharma, Agarchand Nahta, Rajsthan Puratatva Mandir, 1953, page-15
3. Book: Chandra, Satish . Medieval India: From Sultanat to the Mughals . 2 . Har-Anand Publications . 2005 . 112 . 978-8-12411-066-9 .
4. Book: Stern, Robert W. . The Cat and the Lion: Jaipur State in the British Raj . BRILL . 1988 . 265 . 978-9-00408-283-0 .
5. Book: Kolff, Dirk H. A. . Naukar, Rajput, and Sepoy: The Ethnohistory of the Military Labour Market of Hindustan, 1450-1850 . Cambridge University Press . 2002 . 978-0-52152-305-9 . 57 .
6. Book: Weinberger-Thomas, Catherine . Ashes of Immortality: Widow-Burning in India . University of Chicago Press . 1999 . 176 . 0-226-88568-2 . registration .