Khokhar Confederacy
Sultanate-e-Khokhar کھوکھر سلطنت | |
|---|---|
| 1206–Circa. 1519 | |
 | |
| Capital | Salt Range 13th Century to 1519 Sialkot During 14th Century- 1442 |
| Religion | Islam, Hinduism before the 14th century. |
| Government | Empire/Confederation |
• 13th Century | Gulchand Khokhar |
• Mid 14th Century- Circa. 1394 | Nusrat Khokhar |
• 1394-1421 | Shaikha Khokhar |
• 1421-1442 | Jasrath Khokhar |
| History | |
• Established | 1206 |
• Disestablished | Circa. 1519 |
| Area | |
| 1431 | 409,218.121 km2 (158,000.000 sq mi) |
| Today part of |  India  Pakistan  Afghanistan |
The Khokhar Confederacy (Punjabi/Urdu کھوکھر سلطنت) was a tribal Confederacy between the Punjabi Khokhar tribe of Punjab. The Khokhars are known to have controlled the Punjab region, and to have protected the region from invaders.[1]
Origin
The Khokhars were known to be a tribe indigenous to the Punjab Region. They are of either Jatt origin; some Jatts became Rajput because they started following Brahmanical culture, but Khokhars are purely Jatts.[2]
History
During the reign of Muhammad Ghori, the Khokhar tribes united and started a rebellion against the King. Muhammad Ghori was later defeated and killed by the Khokhars in the Battle of Dhamyak (Nowadays, Jhelum, Pakistan).[3] This battle then unified the Khokhars into a Confederacy. The Khokhar confederacy then became a powerful entity in Punjab. During the 13th century, the Mongol Empire leader Hulagu Khan allied himself with the leader Gulchand Khokhar to lead the way to India. [4] The Khokhars then fought many empires such as the Timurid Empire and the Delhi Sultanate. They were also allies of the Mongol Empire. They also conquered many lands of the Delhi Sultanate.[5]
Shaikha Khokhar
During the era of the Timurid Empire, the Khokhar Confederacy under the leadership of Shaikha Khokhar was known to have fought battles against the emperor Timur. Encyclopaedia of Untouchables Ancient, Medieval and Modern By By Raj Kumar Page. 280
Jasrath Khokhar
Raja Jasrath Khokhar came into power in the year 1421. In his early years of power, he became involved in the civil war in Kashmir at that time. Later, he attacked the Sayyid Dynasty, and extended his empire into Haryana, Himachal Pradesh. He also launched campaigns in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Multan. Later, he finally conquered Delhi in 1431, but was later driven out of Delhi in 1432.[6] He then later made peace with Bahlul Lodi in 1441.[7]
Kings
- Gulchand Khokhar
- Nusrat Khokhar
- Shaikha Khokhar
- Jasrath Khokhar
Decline
The Khokhar Confederacy was overrun by the Gakhars, who allied themselves with Babur and took control of the Salt Range during 1519.[8]
See also
- Khokhars
- Jasrath Khokhar
References
- ↑ Himachal Pradesh, By Sukh Dev Singh Charak
- ↑ Origins and History of Jats and Other Allied Nomadic Tribes of India: By B.S. Nijjar
- ↑ HISTORY AND cIVICS 7
- ↑ The Delhi Sultanate: A Political and Military History By By Peter Jackson
- ↑ The History of India
- ↑ Early Nineteenth-Century Panjab By edited by J. S. Grewal, Indu Banga
- ↑ The History of India, as Told by Its Own Historians: The ..., Volume 4, By By Sir Henry Miers Elliot
- ↑ E.J. Brill's First Encyclopaedia of Islam 1913-1936
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