Sidhu
Jat clan
LocationPunjab region
Descended fromSidhu Rao and Gill Jat woman
Parent tribeBhati Rajputs, Gill Jats
BranchesBrar (Baryar : which means brave and strong warriors)
LanguagePunjabi
ReligionSikhism
SurnamesSidhu

Sidhu (Punjabi: ਸਿੱਧੂ (Gurmukhi)) is a Punjabi Jat clan found in Punjab.[1][2][3][4][5]

History

Origin

According to oral history, the clan descends from a Bhatti Rajput progenitor named Sidhu Rao, whom had wed a woman from a Gill Jat background.[6] Their descendants are thus the Sidhu Jats.[6] The Sidhu-Brar clan is descended from Bhatti Rajputs through Rawal Jaisal.[7] [8]

Sikh period

The Sidhu clan held sway in the Ferozepur area in the late mediaeval period.[9] Chaudhary Phul of the Sidhu-Brar clan established the Phulkian Misl, one of the misls (confederacies) of the Sikh Confederacy. His descendants, the Phulkian Maharajas, became the kings of the princely states of Faridkot, Jind, Nabha, Malaudh and Patiala.[10][11]

References

  1. ↑ Brard, Gurnam Singh Sidhu (2007). East of Indus: My Memories of Old Punjab. Hemkunt Press. ISBN 9788170103608.
  2. ↑ Signs of Sidhu's elevation, bid to get Capt on board The Tribune (India newspaper), Published 17 July 2021, Retrieved 18 August 2021
  3. ↑ Pettigrew, Joyce J. M. (2023). "Chapter 4 Patterns of allegiance I". ROBBER NOBLEMEN a study of the political system of the sikh jats. [S.l.]: ROUTLEDGE. ISBN 978-1-000-85849-5. OCLC 1367232807.
  4. ↑ Journal of Regional History. Vol. 2. Department of History, Guru Nanak Dev University. 1981. p. 29.
  5. ↑ Singh, Kumar Suresh (1996). "Appendix B". Communities, Segments, Synonyms, Surnames and Titles. People of India: National series. Vol. 8 (Illustrated ed.). Delhi: Anthropological Survey of India. pp. 1355–1357. ISBN 0-19-563357-1. OCLC 35662663.
  6. 1 2 The City of Faridkot: Past and Present. Monograph - Dept. of Punjab Historical Studies, Punjabi University, Punjabi University Department of History and Punjab Historical Studies. Vol. 2. Fauja Singh, R. C. Rabra. Punjabi University, Patiala. 1976. p. 5. When this child grew up, he took [a] wife from a Gill Jat family. Thus was this line of Bhatti Rajputs converted into a Jat clan which has ever since been known as Sidhu after the name of their ancestor, Sidhu Rao.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  7. ↑ "Faridkot State". Imperial Gazetteer of India. 12: 52. 1909. The ruling family belongs to the Sidhu-Barar clan of the Jats, and are descended from the Phulkian Houses... Throughout the Sikh Wars Raja Pahar SIngh loyally assisted the Briths, and was rewarded by a grant of half the territory confiscated in 1846 from the Raja of Nabha, while his ancetral possession of Kot Kapura, which has been wrested from Faridkot in 1808, was restored to him"
  8. ↑ Singh, Kunwar Uttam (1 January 2008). "Deeper Roots Of The Gill, Bhatti, Sidhu, Brar, Toor, and Related Jat and Rajput Clans". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  9. ↑ Bassi, Tripti (2021). A Study of the Sikh Kanya Mahavidyalaya: Education, Religion and Gender Issues. Singapore: Springer Nature. p. 42. ISBN 978-981-16-3219-8. OCLC 1259627824. Historically, the city was founded by Firoz Shah Tughlaq III (1351-1388 A.D). It was earlier an important centre between Delhi and Lahore (Sharma, 1983: 17). Firoz Shah III constructed the Ferozepore fort around 1370 (GoP, 2000: 13). The Ain-i-Akbari also refers to 'Ferozepore' as the capital of Multan province. After a series of successions by Sidhu Jatts and the Bhangi Misl, the district became 'the advanced outpost of British India in the direction of the Sikh power' in 1839 (Imperial Gazetteer of India, 1908a, b: 440-441). Finally, in 1846, it formally became part of the British Empire.
  10. ↑ "History of the Phoolkian Family - Archives Hub". archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk. Retrieved 17 January 2023.
  11. ↑ Balfour, Edward. "N". The Cyclopaedia of India and of Eastern and Southern Asia. p. 1038. By a sunnud of 5 May 1860, it was provided that, in case of failure of male heirs to any of the three Phulkian houses, a successor should be chosen from among the descendants of Phul, by the two other chiefs and the Representative of the British Government.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.