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Genealogies of the Rajput clans were fabricated by pastoral nomadic tribes when they became sedentary. In a process called Rajputization, after acquiring political power, they employed bards to fabricate these lineages which also disassociated them from their original ancestry of cattle-herding or cattle-rustling communities and acquired the name 'Rajput'.
Such marriage of a tribal family with an acknowledged but possibly poor Rajput family would ultimately enable the non-Rajput family to become Rajput. This marriage pattern also supports the fact that Rajput was an "open caste category" available to those who served in the state army and could translate this service into grants and power at the ...
Sipasalar Rajab Tughlaq (Malik Rajab Turk), the younger brother of Sultan Ghiyath al-Din Tughluq and ruler of the Tughlaq dynasty, was married to a Hindu Rajput princess of the Bhati clan named Naila. Naila was the daughter of a Rajput chief, Raja Ran Mal (Rana Mall) Bhati of Abohar, Punjab. [57] [58]
Bandhalgoti is a clan of Rajputs mainly found in Uttar Pradesh.They are an off-shoot of Kachhwaha dynasty. [1] [2] [3] Bandhalgoti Rajputs ruled a number of estates including Amethi, Kohra and Shahgarh etc. which lie in present-day Uttar Pradesh. [4] A Palace of Bandhalgoti's seat Babu Bhoop Singh, one of the Greatest Bandhalgoti Ruler.
The Rajput kingdoms were disparate: loyalty to a clan was more important than allegiance to the wider Rajput social grouping, meaning that one clan would fight another. This and the internecine jostling for position that took place when a clan leader (raja) died meant that Rajput politics were fluid and prevented the formation of a coherent ...
The Banaut [1] (also known as Bandaut) [2] is a Bundela Rajput clan found in the Indian states of Bihar and Jharkhand. Their loved ones called them banaut which means who meditate and save Ban (forest). [3] They are said to have left Orchha, Jhansi, Mahoba and other parts of Bundelkhand during Mughal period and migrated to Bihar and Jharkhand. [3]
Jadeja (Gujarati, Sindhi: Jāḍejā, [1] or Jāṛejā [2]) is a Samma Rajput clan that inhabits the Indian state of Gujarat and the Tharparkar district of Sindh, Pakistan. [3] [4] They originated from Sammas of Sindh, [5] [6] a pastoral group, and laid a claim on the Rajput identity [7] after marriages with Sodha Rajput women [8] [9] by adopting a process called Rajputisation.
The Sodha Rajput clan are a branch of the Parmar clan of Rajputs, as they are an off-shoot of Parmara Rajputs, who once controlled regions of Malwa and later North-West parts of Rajasthan. The kingdom was known for giving refuge to Mughal emperor Humayun , after he was fleeing from the forces of Sher Shah Suri, hence Akbar was born in the ...