I am a Lalkhani Rajput. Our ancestors who were Hindu Rajput(Bargujar Rajput Clan) were called to Delhi by last hindu ruler of Delhi, Maharaja Prithviraj
Chauhan to fight for him against Chandel Rajputs.
Now during the time of Mughals, Lal Singh(Whose ancestor were called to Delhi by Maharaj Prithviraj Chauhan) was favourite of Akbar and he was given the title Lal Khan by him for his bravery. Lal Singh’s family was gifted 64 villages to rule. His grandsons converted to Islam during the reign of Emperor Jehangir.
With the breakup of the Mughal Empire, the Lalkhani chieftains craved out several Zamindari (Zamindar - Wikipedia) estates in North Western (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Western_Frontier_Province) and United Provinces (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uttar_Pradesh), the main ones being Pahasu (Pahasu - Wikipedia), Chhatari (Chhatari - Wikipedia), Danpur (Danpur - Wikipedia), Dharampur (Dharampur, Uttar Pradesh - Wikipedia), Pindrawal (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pindrawal), Sadabad (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sadabad,_India), Jalpi (https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jalpi&action=edit&redlink=1), Chhava (https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chhava&action=edit&redlink=1), Uniassa (https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Uniassa&action=edit&redlink=1), Bhadanwara (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhadanwara) and Talib Nagar. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talib_Nagar)
From Lalkhani Rajput clan came the Muhammad Ahmad Said Khan Chhatari "Nawab of Chhatari", a prominent Muslim League politician, and last Prime Minister of the Hyderabad State.
Lalkhani Rajputs along with other Muslims Rajput clans took an active part in Indian Freedom Struggle.
That is the brief history about my Muslim Rajput family.
There are 100s of muslim rajput clans in India. Each one has its own origin. You can read the following history to get some idea.
P.S. We are proud muslim rajputs. We have the Rajput blood in our viens, we are true to our nation like we used to be in past.
History
The term Rajput is traditionally applied to the original Suryavanshi, Chandravanshi and Agnivanshi clans, the ancient ruling dynasties of India. The history of the Muslim Rajput coincides with the Muslim Conquest of India. At the time of arrival of Islam, the north and western regions of India were ruled by Rajput clans. The Rajputs and Muslim armies fought many battles for the control of South Asia. Sultan Mahmud of Ghazni conquered the regal power of Rajput Maharaja Jayapala Shahi of the North Western Indian region by 1026, through successive battles. Towards the end of the 13th century Sultan Muiz-ul Din Muhammad of Ghor conquered Delhi after defeating last defence of the Rajputs, co-ordinated by Maharaja Prithvi Raj Chauhan and established the Muslim empire by 1206. Qutb-ud-Din Aybak declared himself the first Sultan of Delhi.
In 1527, the famous Muslim Rajput clan of the Janjua aided the Mughal conquest of India by taking part in the Imperial Mughal armies as Generals. It must also be mentioned here that Hindu Rajputs also took part in these conquests as allies and even took part in marriages with the Mughals such as the Kachwaha Rajput Clan (who gave Rani Jodhabhai’s hand to Emperor Akbar), Raja Man Singh aided Mughal Emperor Akbar in 1568 against the Sesodias.
Many Rajput clans had converted to Islam during the early 12th Century and since conversion have remained loyal to their faith. Rajputs were converted to Islam by the Muslim Sufis missionaries of the famed Chistiya, Qadriya orders and many others. Some conversions also took place for political reasons. The Delhi Sultanate and later Mughal dynasty encouraged the martial Rajput clans to convert to Islam. Conversions to Islam continued into the 19th century period of the British Raj. The Rajput conversions attracted criticism from their Hindu counterparts. Despite the anger of their Hindu peers, the Muslim Rajputs remained steadfast and loyal to their faiths and there exists no record of any prominent Muslim Rajput clan converting back to Hinduism after accepting Islam.
Hindu Rajput code dictates that Rajputs can only marry amongst other Rajputs. However, tradition of marriages into only one group or clan because of caste reasons is not permitted in Islam. This led to a great change in the traditional rajput marital policy. Muslim Rajputs therefore started to marry from other dominant Aristocratic Muslim clans. This was to continue the tradition of royal/strategic marriages without prejudice to Rajput affiliation. This was further realized when some major Rajput clans of Punjab intermarried into other clans of foreign descent. However, some Muslim Rajputs still follow the custom of only marrying into other Rajput clans only.
Majority of Muslim Rajputs use their ancient Royal titles such as Raja, Rana, Rao and Rai. All these titles are originated from the ancient Sanskrit word Rajanya. Many Muslim Rajputs were also conferred titles by the Delhi Sultans and the Mughal Emperors such as Sultan (king), Malik (Royal, King), Nawab ( Provincial Governor), Sardar (Chief), Khan, Mian and Mirza (Royal prince), Sheikh (elder,Royal, King of the tribe), after embracing Islam.
Muslim Rajputs, Their Own Regiments
The Muslim Rajputs maintained their own Armies. Few of them are:
18th Musalman Rajput regiment,
Punjabi Musalmans,
35th Scinde Horse,
36th Jacob’s Horse,
17th Musalman Rajput regiment of Wana, Bengal Army, and
Mauritius 18th Muslim Rajput regiment.
Major Muslim Rajput clans
Punjab: Minhas, Janjua, Jaswal, Bhatti, Rana, Raja, Rao/Rai, Waryah, Johiya, Jaskham,Bhatti, Bhutta, Manj, Punwar, Ranghar, Meo, Chadhar, Chauhan, Tiwana, Noon, Noor, Gheba, Jodhra, Kerala, Dhudhi, Sial, Raisyal, Chibb, Nahul Wattu, Gehlot, Ranial, Dhamial Rajputs, Rawal, Naru, Rathore, khokhar, Sulehria/Sulehri,
Sindh: Bhutta/Bhutto, Soomro, Junejo, Samejo, Rahemo, Nohri, Mahar/Maher Suryavanshi, Deshwali (Agnivanshi)Chadhar, Sama Bhati,Kaimkhani, Sodha Parmar, Tonwar, Bhaiya, Tannu, Sattar Rathore, Meo, Joyo, Solanki, Dahar, Lohana, Rangher,
Kashmir: Minhas, Panwar, Solans, Khakha, Rathore, Bagal, Chibb, Jarral, Mangral, Bains, Thakial Rajputs, Narma, Solan, Sulehria Klothra, Dhamial.
Haryana: Chadhar, Rana, Rao Meo, Khanzade,Tanwar, Bargujar , Ranghar, Chauhan, Chadhar, Ladasi,
Rajasthan: Kaimkhani, Chauhan, Chadhar, Lalkhani, Meo, Ranghar, Rathore
Gujarat: Bhatti, Mole Islam, Chauhan,Chadhar Rathore, Ghori, Rana, Rawal
Uttar Pradesh: Malkhana, Gaud, Jaiswal
Note: The Gautamanas of UP are a unique community, consisting of both Hindus and Muslims, whose common ancestry binds them together. Descendants of Raja Bahrawat Singh, a Rajput king, who converted to Islam, the Gautamanas are fiercely proud of their lineage, with both Hindus and Muslims of the community preferring to call themselves Gautam Thakurs, to highlight their Rajput ancestry.
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