imported>Pepperbeast Restored revision 1011904140 by Gotitbro (talk): This is a lot of rollback, but the rest of the article looks like massive copyvio |
brief update page for clarity also for accuracy |
||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
''' | {{Short description|Muslim community in India and Pakistan}} | ||
{{pp|small=yes}} | |||
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2024}} | |||
{{Use Indian English|date=May 2022}} | |||
{{infobox caste | |||
| caste_name = Qaimkhani | |||
| caste_name_in_local = '''قائم خانی''' | |||
| image = | |||
| image_size = | |||
| alt = | |||
| caption = | |||
| abbreviation = | |||
| varna = | |||
| jati = | |||
| gotra = | |||
| religions = [[File:Star and Crescent.svg|17px]] [[Islam]] | |||
| languages = [[Urdu language|Urdu]], [[Sindhi language|Sindhi]], [[Rajasthani languages|Rajasthani]] | |||
| country = {{Flag|India}}<br/>{{Flag|Pakistan}} | |||
| region = [[Sindh]], [[Rajasthan]] | |||
| India_migration = | |||
| population = | |||
| family_names = | |||
| feudal_title = [[Raja]] | |||
| heraldic_title = | |||
| lineage = | |||
| subdivisions = | |||
| related = | |||
|native_name='''कायमखानी'''}} | |||
'''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, Rajasthan|Fatehpur]] and [[Jhunjhunu]] regions of [[Rajasthan]] from the 1300s to the 1700s.<ref name=Budhwar1978>{{cite journal | title=The kayamkhani Shaikhzada Family of Fatehpur-Jhunjhunu | author= Sunita Budhwar | journal=Proceedings of the Indian History Congress |volume = 39| year=1978 | pages= 412–425|jstor = 44139379}}</ref><ref>Dr Dasharatha Sharma, Kyam Khan Raso, Ed. Dasharath Sharma, Agarchand Nahta, Rajsthan Puratatva Mandir, 1953, page-15</ref> | |||
==History== | ==History== | ||
They | They claim to be descended from [[Chauhan dynasty|Chauhan]] Rajputs who converted from [[Hinduism]] to [[Islam]] in the 14th century during the reign of [[Firuz Shah Tughlaq]].<ref>{{cite book |title=Medieval India: From Sultanat to the Mughals |volume=2 |first=Satish |last=Chandra |publisher=Har-Anand Publications |year=2005 |page=112 |isbn=978-8-12411-066-9 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0Rm9MC4DDrcC&pg=PA112}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=The Cat and the Lion: Jaipur State in the British Raj |first=Robert W. |last=Stern |publisher=BRILL |year=1988 |page=265 |isbn=978-9-00408-283-0 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NK1MhWq-9VkC&pg=PA265}}</ref> As per the historian [[Dirk H. A. Kolff]], Qaimkhanis have [[Turkic people|Turkic]] origins.<ref>{{cite book |title=Naukar, Rajput, and Sepoy: The Ethnohistory of the Military Labour Market of Hindustan, 1450-1850 |first=Dirk H. A. |last=Kolff |publisher=Cambridge University Press |year=2002 |isbn=978-0-52152-305-9 |page=57 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SrdiVPsFRYIC&pg=PA57}}</ref> | ||
They ruled between 1384 and 1731 with [[Fatehpur, Rajasthan]] as the capital, | They ruled between 1384 and 1731 with [[Fatehpur, Rajasthan]] as the capital, Kayamkhanis ruled in [[Alipura (Madhya Pradesh)|Alipura]], [[Fatehpur Sikri|Fatehpur]], [[Jhunjhunu]] and [[Singhana, Rajasthan|Singhana]].<ref>{{cite book |title=Ashes of Immortality: Widow-Burning in India |first=Catherine |last=Weinberger-Thomas |publisher=University of Chicago Press |year=1999 |page=[https://archive.org/details/ashesofimmortali0000wein/page/176 176] |isbn=0-226-88568-2 |url=https://archive.org/details/ashesofimmortali0000wein|url-access=registration }}</ref>{{qn|date=January 2018}} | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
| Line 15: | Line 39: | ||
{{Indian Muslim}} | {{Indian Muslim}} | ||
[[Category:Muslim communities of Rajasthan]] | [[Category:Muslim communities of Rajasthan]] | ||
Latest revision as of 17:50, 29 December 2025
| 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[edit | edit source]
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[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 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.