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The Bharsaiyan Pathan or Bharaiyan Pathan are a Rajput clan found in the state of Uttar Pradesh in India. [1]
Bharsaiyan Rajput are found in India and Pakistan. Bharsaiyan are the Rajput clans of Uttar Pradesh. Bharsaiyan clans of Mainpuri Chauhans. A small band of Chauhan warriors are said to have moved to Awadh under the leadership of Karan Singh, who married into a family of Bais Rajputs, who were the dominant power in the region. A descendant of Karan Singh, Baz Singh is said to have converted to Islam during the rule of Sher Shah Suri. His descendants are now found mainly in Inhauna in Sultanpur District. Both the Muslim and Hindu branches of the tribe are confined to Raebareli District. They are said to be the earliest settlers in Sultanpur, having disposed the Bhar and Tiar communities. The Bharsaiyan are original Rajput clans. The Muslim Bharsaiyan now form a community within the larger Khanzada Pathan ethnic group of eastern Uttar Pradesh. They are Sunni Muslims, Bharsaiyan Rajput are included in Khanzada of Uttar Pradesh and Bharsaiyans are the clans of Chauhans.
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The Khanzada or Khan Zadeh are a community of Muslim Rajputs found in the Awadh region of Uttar Pradesh and Mewat in India. This community is distinct from the [[Khanzadas of Mewat the descendants of Wali-e-Mewat Raja Naher Khan Mewati was the first ruler of Mewat and Raja Hasan Khan Mewatiwas the last ruler of Mewat The history of the Awadh region is in many ways the history of the various taluqdar families, and their struggle with both the Mughals and then the Nawabs of Awadh. While taluqdars formed as special social class, the bulk of the Khanzada remained a community of peasant proprietors. Included among the Khanzada were immigrants Rajput clans from the Punjab, such as Johiya of Chail, the Khokhar of Kot and Bhatti of Yahiapur. In Pratapgarh District, the Khanzadas included representatives of several well known Rajput tribes such as the Bisen, Rajkumar, Bachgoti, Bhale Sultan, Sombansi, Bais, Kanhpuriya, Bharsaiyan, Mandarkia and Bilkharya. Traditionally the Bilkhariya and Bhale Sultan Khanzada are endogamous, while other groups are exogamous. The Mandarkia and Bharsaiyan are both strictly endogamous groupings, and as such differ from other Khanzada groupings who follow the custom of clan exogamy. The term khanzada originally applied to the Bachgoti Rajput family of the Rajahs of Hasanpur. They were said to have converted to Islam during the rule of Sher Shah Suri. This family claimed descent from Bariar Singh, a Bachgoti Rajput, who said to have emigrated from Sultanpur in the 13th century. The Bachgoti had started off as a clan of the Chauhan Rajputs of Mainpuri. Bariar Singh's grandson, Tilok Chand is said to have converted to Islam, and the family took the name khanzada.
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