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Bhati (also Romanization as Bhattī) is a Rajput clan. The Bhati clan historically ruled over several cities in present-day India and Pakistan with their final capital and kingdom being Jaisalmer, India.
By the 12th-century, Rohri and Sukkur in the present-day Sindh, Pakistan as well as Pugal and Chohtan in Rajasthan had been incorporated into the dominion of the Bhati Rajputs. The Muslim chiefs of Sindh and Multan, as well as other Rajput clans like Paramara dynasty, Solanki, and , were all at strife with the Bhati rulers by this time. Jaisalmer had a dynasty with a successful line of rulers and this became their center. Bhatner, Pugal, Bikrampur, Barsalpur, Derawar Fort, Marot, Kehror, Aasnikot, Tanot, Lodhruva and Mamanvahan were some of the fortified settlements that were historically ruled by the Bhati clan or subclans. The Bhati ruler Vijayrao Lanjo ruled a vast empire, He was known as the 'uttara disi bhad kivaad' (the sentinel of the north direction), due to his control over forts and settlements that extended from Ghazni to Gujarat, leading to several conflicts with the invading Muslim tribes. According to epigraphic evidence, Vijayarao Lanjo took the large title of Parambhattaraka Maharajadhiraja Parameshwara (the paramount sovereign, great king of kings, the supreme reality). He was succeeded by his son, Bhojde in 1143. However, Bhojde's uncle Rawal Jaisal Singh colluded with the Ghaznavid chiefs, and Bhojde was killed in the resulting combat. Following Bhojde's death, Jaisal Singh became the head of Bhatis. In general, the Bhatis' interactions with Islamic powers were not entirely harmonious. They had defeated multiple Islamic attacks by the Qarmatians, Ghaznavids, and before the end of the 12th century., a notable Bhati Rajput Ruler]]Timur invaded India in 1398, when he held a vast empire in the Middle East and Central Asia. He suffered tough resistance in India only from the Bhati ruler, Rai Dul Chand of Bhatner. Rajputs and Muslims fought together against Timur under him but the Bhatner fort was ultimately sacked with the city burnt and laid waste. The Rathores, the Balochs, the Delhi Sultanate, and eventually the Mughals had all clashed with the Bhati kings. The cities of Kapurthala, Ambala and Batala in Punjab are said to be founded by the Bhati Rajputs. Rana Kapur, an immigrant from Jaisalmer founded Kapurthala in the early 11th-century, Raja Amba of Taoni subclan founded Ambala in the 14th century,Rajput Qabail by KAMRAN AZAM SOHDAHARVI. p. 200 whereas Rai Ram Deo founded Batala in 1465. Batala Town Imperial Gazetteer of India – vol.7 pg.133 By the same 15th-century, Rao Kelana, a powerful Bhati Rajput ruler of Pugal had expanded his territories up to Bhatinda and Abohar, and was responsible for the death of Rathore ruler Chunda of Marwar. Rao Kelana invaded Dera Ghazi Khan and defeated the Balochs. As part of the peace settlement that followed, Zubeida, the daughter of the Baloch chief Jam Ismail Khan (founder of Dera Ismail Khan), was married to the Bhati ruler. In 1613, Raja Kishan Singh, a Rathore ruler and the founder of Kishangarh State complained his brother-in-law Jahangir, the Mughal emperor, about a Bhati sardar, Govind Das Bhati, for killing his brother, and thereafter, the Raja, along with his followers, executed the Bhati sardar as per the direction of Jahangir. As Govind Das Bhati was a noble affiliated with the Rathore ruler Sur Singh, as a consequence his son, Gaj Singh of Marwar, killed Raja Kishan Singh. of the Bhati Rajputs]]The historian André Wink states that prior to the Bhatis' expulsion from the country of Zabulistan, they reportedly inhabited as far as Samarkand in Uzbekistan. The Bhatis claim to be the ancestors of the Chughtai Mughal people. The historian Tanuja Kothiyal notes that a part of such claims may well be justified. The Phulkian dynasty claimed direct descent from Rawal Jaisal Singh, the Bhati Rajput founder of the Kingdom of Jaisalmer.
Dulla Bhatti was a Punjabi landlord who led a revolt against Akbar, the Mughal emperor. He remains Punjab's folk hero and is made the centrepiece of all Lohri songs.
Mehta Kalu, the father of Guru Nanak, was an employee of Rai Bular Bhatti. Bhatti was among the first few people who viewed Nanak as someone who was specially gifted by God. The 757 murabas (approx. 18,750 acres) of land he donated to Guru Nanak is now under the control of Evacuee Trust Property Board of Pakistan.
While the Kingdom of Mewar came to symbolize Rajput resistance in the nineteenth century—primarily due to its steadfast opposition to Mughal expansion and its inward-looking emphasis on clan orthodoxy—contemporary chroniclers such as Muhnot Nainsi identified Jaisalmer as the true heart of the Rajput world. Unlike Mewar, which defined Rajput identity through rigid genealogical purity and martial defiance, Jaisalmer embodied a more expansive and networked conception of Rajputness. Through its extensive web of alliances with various clans across regions, Jaisalmer played a central role in articulating a broader Rajput political and cultural sphere, where opposition to the Mughals or Turks was just one among many expressions of Rajput identity.
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