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| Qaimkhani | |
|---|---|
| قائم خانی | |
| Religions |  Islam |
| Languages | Urdu, Sindhi, Rajasthani |
| Country |  India Pakistan |
| Region | Sindh, Rajasthan |
| Feudal title | Raja |
Qaimkhani (also spelled Qayam Khani, Kayamkhani or as Kaimkhani) is a Muslim community of India. Most of them migrated to the southern part of Sindh in Pakistan after the partition of India. They were notable for ruling the Fatehpur and Jhunjhunu regions of Rajasthan from the 1300s to the 1700s.[1][2]
History
They claim 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 per the historian Dirk H. A. Kolff, 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][need quotation to verify]
References
- ↑ Sunita Budhwar (1978). "The kayamkhani Shaikhzada Family of Fatehpur-Jhunjhunu". Proceedings of the Indian History Congress. 39: 412–425. JSTOR 44139379.
- ↑ Dr Dasharatha Sharma, Kyam Khan Raso, Ed. Dasharath Sharma, Agarchand Nahta, Rajsthan Puratatva Mandir, 1953, page-15
- ↑ Chandra, Satish (2005). Medieval India: From Sultanat to the Mughals. Vol. 2. Har-Anand Publications. p. 112. ISBN 978-8-12411-066-9.
- ↑ Stern, Robert W. (1988). The Cat and the Lion: Jaipur State in the British Raj. BRILL. p. 265. ISBN 978-9-00408-283-0.
- ↑ Kolff, Dirk H. A. (2002). Naukar, Rajput, and Sepoy: The Ethnohistory of the Military Labour Market of Hindustan, 1450-1850. Cambridge University Press. p. 57. ISBN 978-0-52152-305-9.
- ↑ Weinberger-Thomas, Catherine (1999). Ashes of Immortality: Widow-Burning in India. University of Chicago Press. p. 176. ISBN 0-226-88568-2.