Daudpotra

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Daudpotra (alternatively Daudpota or Daudputra; literally "Sons of Daud") is a Muslim clan originating from Sindh, found in south Punjab and north-western Sindh provinces of Pakistan. [1] [2] [3] The Nawabs of Bahawalpur belonged to this clan. [4]

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History

The Daudpotra were considered a powerful tribe in the 17th century lower Sindh. [5] They are closely related to the Kalhora tribe, with both claiming descent from Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib, a paternal uncle and sahabi (companion) of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. [6] André Wink considers their progenitor, Daud, to be a Julaha from Jat community. [7] The city of Shikarpur in Sindh was founded in 1617 A.D. by the Daudpotra after a battle with Mahars and they remained the Jagirdars and later rulers of Shikarpur for almost 128 years with breaks in between. Their rule was contested by their cousins, the Kalhoras. In 1739, Nader Shah reinstated Daudpotra rule in Sehwan and Shikarpur. In 1747, their rule in Shikarpur ended and during the absence of Sadiq Khan [a] from Shikarpur, he laid the foundations of a new state with support from the Nawab of Multan and the Sheikh of Uch. The Daudpotra were granted jagirs by them in the areas that later formed the Bahawalpur state, established by Bahawal Khan, the son of Sadiq Khan. After the death of his father he renounced all claims on Shikarpur. [8] [9] [10]

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Notes

  1. ↑ The last ruler of Shikarpur.

References

  1. ↑ Madhav, Karki; Rosemary, Hill; Xue, Dayuan; Wilfredo, Alangui; Kaoru, Ichikawa; Peter, Bridgewater (2017-12-31). Knowing our lands and resources: indigenous and local knowledge and practices related to biodiversity and ecosystem services in Asia. UNESCO Publishing. p. 178. ISBN   978-92-3-100266-3.
  2. ↑ Vandal, Sajida Haidar (2015). "Cultural Expressions of South Punjab". FID4SA Repository. doi:10.11588/xarep.00003438.
  3. ↑ Gilmartin, David (5 June 2015). "The Setting: The Indus Basin" . Blood and Water: The Indus River Basin in Modern History. Berkeley: University of California Press: 22. doi:10.1525/9780520960831-004. ISBN   978-0-520-96083-1. The founders of the new Bahawalpur state in the eighteenth century were part of a warrior clan from Shikarpur in Sind..
  4. ↑ "History of Bahawalpur State and its Culture" (PDF). Pakistan Journal of Social Sciences (PJSS). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2024-12-15. Retrieved 2023-07-08.
  5. ↑ Haig, T.W; Ansari, Sarah; Bosworth, C.E; Shackle, C; Crowe, Yolande. "Sind" . Encyclopaedia of Islam New Edition Online. Brill. doi:10.1163/1573-3912_islam_com_1083.
  6. ↑ Bazmee Ansari, A.S (2012). "Dāwūdpōtrās" . Encyclopaedia of Islam New Edition Online. Brill. doi:10.1163/1573-3912_islam_sim_1762.
  7. ↑ Wink, André (2025). "The Rise of Islam in the Indus Borderlands". The Age of the Great Mughals, 16th–17th Centuries. Part Two: The Rise of Islam from the Indus to the Malay-Indonesian Archipelago. Al-Hind: The Making of the Indo-Islamic World. Vol. IV. Leiden: Brill. p. 100. ISBN   978-90-04-72921-6.
  8. ↑ Naeem, Anila (5 April 2017). "Shikarpoor Historic Town. Introduction, Background and Development". Urban Traditions and Historic Environments in Sindh. Amsterdam University Press. pp. 28–29. doi:10.1515/9789048531257-005. ISBN   9789048531257.
  9. ↑ Khlaid, Samia (1 June 2017). "WOMEN OF BAHAWALPUR STATE DURING THE NINETEENTH CENTURY: A SOCIO-ECONOMIC STUDY". Pakistan Journal of Women's Studies: Alam-e-Niswan. 24 (1): 2.
  10. ↑ Khan, A.Z (2012). "S̲h̲ikārpūr" . Encyclopaedia of Islam New Edition Online (EI-2 English). Brill. doi:10.1163/1573-3912_islam_sim_6940.
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