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{{Short description|Muslim community in India and Pakistan}}
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| jati = [[Rajput]]
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| religions = [[File:Star and Crescent.svg|17px]] [[Islam]]
| religions = [[File:Star and Crescent.svg|17px]] [[Islam]]
| languages = [[Urdu language|Urdu]], [[Sindhi language|Sindhi]], [[Rajasthani languages|Rajasthani]]
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| country = {{Flag|Pakistan}}, {{Flag|India}}
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| region = [[Sindh]], [[Rajasthan]]
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| related = [[Chauhan dynasty]]
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'''Qaimkhani''' (also spelled '''Qayam Khani''' and '''Qaim Khani'''; occasionally rendered as '''Kaimkhani''') is a [[MuslimRajput]] community of [[India]],who migrated to [[Pakistan]] after partition ,Kaimkhani Rajputs were notable for ruling the [[Fatehpur, Rajasthan|Fatehpur]]-[[Jhunjhunu]] region in [[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>
'''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, where they are called [[Muhajir (Pakistan)|Muhajir]]. Muhajir 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 are said 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 also stated by the historian [[Dirk H. A. Kolff]] that the 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 claime 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 also stated by the historian [[Dirk H. A. Kolff]] that the 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, [[Rajputs|Kayamkhani Rajputs]] ruled in Alipura, 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}}
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==
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[[Category:Rajput clans of Rajasthan]]
[[Category:Rajput clans of Rajasthan]]
[[Category:Rajput clans of Haryana]]
[[Category:Muslim communities of Rajasthan]]
[[Category:Muslim communities of Rajasthan]]
[[Category:Rajput clans of Sindh]]
[[Category:Rajput clans of Sindh]]

Latest revision as of 20:06, 16 June 2024

Qaimkhani
قائم خانی
Religions Islam
LanguagesUrdu, Sindhi, Rajasthani
Country Pakistan,  India
RegionSindh, Rajasthan
Feudal titleRaja

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, where they are called Muhajir. Muhajir 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][need quotation to verify]

References

  1. ^ Sunita Budhwar (1978). "The kayamkhani Shaikhzada Family of Fatehpur-Jhunjhunu". Proceedings of the Indian History Congress. 39: 412–425. JSTOR 44139379.
  2. ^ Dr Dasharatha Sharma, Kyam Khan Raso, Ed. Dasharath Sharma, Agarchand Nahta, Rajsthan Puratatva Mandir, 1953, page-15
  3. ^ Chandra, Satish (2005). Medieval India: From Sultanat to the Mughals. Vol. 2. Har-Anand Publications. p. 112. ISBN 978-8-12411-066-9.
  4. ^ Stern, Robert W. (1988). The Cat and the Lion: Jaipur State in the British Raj. BRILL. p. 265. ISBN 978-9-00408-283-0.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ Weinberger-Thomas, Catherine (1999). Ashes of Immortality: Widow-Burning in India. University of Chicago Press. p. 176. ISBN 0-226-88568-2.
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