Bhati

This article is about the tribe. For the town, see Bhati (town).

Bhati / Bhatti (Hindi: भाटी (Bhati), Punjabi: ਭੱਟੀ (Bhatti / भटटी), Urdu: بھٹی) is a Rajput caste and is one of the largest tribes among Rajputs.

It is also a prominent Gujjar and Jat gotra. They are found in Northern India and Pakistan.

Rawal Jaisal Singh

Main article: Rawal Jaisal

Rawal Jaisal Singh was a descendant of the Yaduvanshi clan and was a Bhatti Rajput. Rawal Jaisal Singh founded the city of Jaisalmer in 1156 AD. The new fort that he built was on a hill called Trikuta.

The state of Jaisalmer was positioned right on the route from Afghanistan to Delhi. Taking advantage of this strategic position, the Bhattis levied taxes on the passing caravans

Bhatti Rajputs were horse riders and warriors. Their reign spread to the Punjab and beyond, to Afghanistan. The City of Ghazni was named after a brave bhatti warrior. In Lahore, a monument exists to this day, which is called the Bhati gate, named so probably because it opens in the direction of the "Sandal Bar", an area ruled by the Bhatti Rajputs.

Main article: Jaisalmer

The majority of the inhabitants of Jaisalmer are Bhati, who take their name from an ancestor named Bhatti, renowned as a warrior when the tribe were located in the Punjab. Shortly after this the clan was driven southwards, and found a refuge in the Indian desert, which was henceforth its home. Deoraj, a famous prince of the Bhatti family, is esteemed the real founder of the Jaisalmer dynasty, and with him the title of rawal commenced. In 1156 Rawal Jaisal, the sixth in succession from Deoraj, founded the fort and city of Jaisalmer, and made it his capital as he moved from his former capital at Lodhruva (which is situated about 15 km to the south-east of Jaisalmer).

In 1293, the Bhattis so enraged the emperor Ala-ud-din Khilji that his army captured and sacked the fort and city of Jaisalmer, so that for some time it was quite deserted. After this there is nothing to record until the time of Rawal Sahal Singh, whose reign marks an epoch in Bhatti history in that he acknowledged the supremacy of the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan. The Jaisalmer princes had now arrived at the height of their power, but from this time till the accession of Rawal Mulraj in 1762 the fortunes of the state rapidly declined, and most of its outlying provinces were lost. In 1818 Mulraj entered into political relations with the British. Maharawal Salivahan, born in 1887, succeeded to the chiefship in 1891.

The Maharajas of Jaisalmer trace their lineage back to Jaitsimha, a ruler of the Bhatti Rajput clan. The major opponents of the Bhatti Rajputs were the powerful Rathor clans of Jodhpur and Bikaner. They used to fight battles for the possession of forts, waterholes or cattle. Jaisalmer was positioned strategically and was a halting point along a traditional trade route traversed by the camel caravans of Indian and Asian merchants. The route linked India to Central Asia , Egypt, Arabia, Persia, Africa and the West.

Geographical distribution

India

In India, Bhattis reside mainly in the states of Punjab (India) (where they have traditionally come to be known as Bhattis in Punjabi), and Rajasthan.

In Punjab, several villages have only Bhatias.

The Patiala and East Punjab States Union has a large concentration of Bhatias.

Bhatti Rajputs are in the villages Sahlon, Phuglana, Salah, Daroli, Machhli Kalan, Lalru, Nagla, Jhhanjeri, Cholta, Badali, Rangian, Magra, and Khellan-mallan. They migrated from Jaisalmer in the 12th century.

In Rajasthan, they are found in the Jaisalmer region, the border villages of Bikaner and some tehsils of Gurdaspur, Amritsar, Jodhpur and Shergarh and Udaipur (Mohi).

In Uttar Pradesh there are three villages where Bhattis are reside. These are Kakrala in Budaun district, Bhargain in Etah District, and Thiriya in Bareilly district.

In all these places Bhattis are Muslims, and came there in Emperor Jahangir's time.

The Bhatias residing in the village of Killianwali, tehsil Malout, Muktsar district, have adopted the Sikh religion.

There are about 56 villages of Bhati rajputs in the district of Bulandshahar, and quite a few villages of Noida & Faridabad also have predominant Bhati Rajputs.

Pakistan

In Pakistan, Bhatti / Bhati Rajputs are found in Jhang, Gujranwala,Mandi Bahauddin,(Quetta jinnah town,jail road .brewery road,cantt,), Lahore, Faisalabad,Gujrat,Jhelum, Chakwal, Sialkot, Sahiwal,Okara, Sargodha, Hafizabad, Narowal, Bahawalpur,Dera Ghazi Khan, Rahimyar Khan, Multan,Lodhran, Khan pur, Liaquat pur Rawalpindiand Bahawalnagar, Sheikhupura cities of Punjab (Pakistan).

Bhati gujjar is also live with rajput vill. teh sikandrabad & teh sadar distt g.b.nagar (U.P.) In Sindh Province they are found in the District of Sukkur,Ghotki, Hyderabad, Nawabshah, Sanghar, Tando Adam, Thatta, Dadu, Hala, Khairpur, Mirpur Khas, Shahdadpur, Tharparkar i.e. Mithi and KarachiTANDO MUHAMMAD KHAN.In Hafizabad Bhattis are Jats.

Religion

Most Bhatti Rajputs are Hindu along with significant Sikh, Muslim populations. When Bhattis migrated to Punjab region centuries ago, the local Punjabi people started calling them Bhatti Rajputs in local Punjabi language as Bhati is pronounced as Bhatti in Punjabi. Majority of Hindu Bhati Rajput are living in Jaisalmer.

The Muslim population of Punjabi Bhattis is predominantly in Pakistan. Rawalpindi district is known by Rajas (Rajputs) especially Rajput Bhattis, the majority of Rawalpindi is madeup of population which is Punjabi Bhatti Muslim Rajputs. Rajabazar is in the city of Rawalpindi but also in Kolkata India and Dhaka in Bangladesh.

The Muslim population of SINDHI Bhattis is predominantly in SINDH. Tando Muhammad Khan district is known by Sindhi Bhatti especially [Muhammad Ali Bhatti], Master First class Degree Holder in Criminology SCIENCE from Karachi university, and Advocate of High Court, the majority of TMK is madeup of population which is Sindhi Bhatti's.

Sub-clans

There are about forty sub branches of the Bhatis. Many Rajput and Jat tribes trace their origin to the Bhatis. Some of these tribes include Mair Rajputs of Punjab, Rajput Mers of Kathiawar, Rajputs of the Bajju clan as well as the famed Jats of the Sidhu dynasty (currently ruling Patiala), Brar, Bajwa, Ghuman,Sahasi, Sansis and Mane clans.Assoun Jats of Nokhar Tehsil Nowshera Virkan Disst.Gujranwala also belongs to Bhatti Tribe.

The Bhatias of Northwestern India and Pakistan are also supposed to be descended from the Bhati Rajputs. The present-day Thattai, Shikarpuri and Gujarati Bhatias are said to be descendants of the Rajputs of Raja Jaswal and Rani Padmini's rein.

Notable Bhattis

MUHAMMAD ALI BHATTI. ADVOCATE HIGH COURT (CRIMINOLOGIST)Karachi

• Major Shaitan Singh Bhati a Indian Rajput awarded the Param Vir Chakra, the highest gallantry award posthumously during the 1962 Indo-China war.
• Capt Mohammad Sarwar Bhatti a Muslim Pakistani who was awarded with Nation's Highest Military Award (Nishan-e-Haider)
• Raja Aziz Bhatti a Muslim Pakistani who was awarded with Nation's Highest Military Award (Nishan-e-Haider)

* MUHAMMAD HAMID BHATTI ( SOCIAL WORKER )

• Lt Gen Reham Dil Bhatti
• Lt Gen Nazir
• Maj Gen Abdul Jabbar Bhatti
• Jaspal Bhatti, a Sikh Rajput who is a famous Comedian, Actor and film maker.
• Inayat Hussain Bhatti, (Muslim/Pakistani) Famous singer, actor, producer, director, script writer, social worker, columnist, religious scholar and a protagonist of the development of Punjabi language and literature.
• [[Abdul Rasheed Bhatti (MPA from lahore)
• Ch. Mehdi Hassan Bhatti, a (Muslim/Jat) Former MNA from
• Haroon Bhatti (AAC, ABM, BBA, MBA) A Successful Muslim Pakistani Businessman doing business in United States and Middle East. Most of his business is relating to the Auto Industry.
• Muhammad Saeed Bhatti. (Former Senior Manager Of Merck.Quetta)

References

== == MUHAMMAD ALI BHATTI == == ADVOCATE HIGH COURT (CRIMINOLOGEST)

Tassadduq Hussain BhattiA Pakistani Young man Working on highest post in Leading company in pakistan as a Zonal Manager.
Abdul Aziz Bhatti A Pakistani Scientist Currently doing his research work in Germany.
Atif.M.Bhatti Top Pakistani financial analyst teaches at the University of the West of Scotland Jamshaid pervaiz bhatti is notable person in Pakistan lahore
Amina Bhatti is currently enrolled in the honors program in the University of the Cornell, USA, where it is the researching the desires of the mice.

Gada:-originated from Bhattis about 300 years ago, cast reside mainly in western U.P. and near by area