The tribes and castes of the North-Western Provinces and Oudh, Volume 2 (of 4)Crooke, William
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The tribes and castes of the North-Western Provinces and Oudh, Volume 2 (of 4)
Crooke, William
Caste -- India -- History; Hindus -- India; Tribes -- India -- History
[Bhattis of these Provinces.] 4. In these Provinces [46] they are also
known as Jaiswâr. They claim to be Jâdons who returned from beyond the
Indus in the seventh or eighth century. A large number of them became
Muhammadans in the time of Qutb-ud-dîn and Ala-ud-dîn. They say they
came to Bulandshahr under Kansal, or as others say, Deo and Kârê, in
the time of Prithivi Râja, having ejected the Meos. They are divided
into two clans—Bhatti and Jaiswâr. The former is the superior of the
two, the latter having intermarried with spurious Râjputs. A majority
of the clan are now reckoned as Gûjars. Another story is that they are
descended from Râja Dalîp, son of Jaswant Râo of Nâna Mau, near Bithûr.
He had two sons, Bhatti and Rânghar; their descendants settled in
Bhatiyâna; the branch converted to Islâm was called Rânghar. The
national dress is not trousers and waist cloth, but a broad sheet of
coarse cloth, plain or checked, which reaches from the neck to the
ankle and is tied at the waist. The wife of Tuglaq Shâh and mother of
Fîroz Shâh was a Bhatti woman. The Muhammadan Bhattis along the Kâli
Nadi in the Etah District are a turbulent, idle set, much dreaded by
their neighbours.
5. In the Upper Duâb they are reported to give brides to the Chauhân,
Gahlot, Tomar, Panwâr, Kachhwâha, and other high class Râjputs, and to
marry their sons in the Bargûjar, Chauhân, Kachhwâha, Pundîr, and other
high and middle class septs.
DISTRIBUTION OF THE BHATTI RÂJPUTS ACCORDING TO THE CENSUS OF 1891.
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