Sipra (clan)

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Sipra
Jat clan
Location Punjab region
Parent tribe Gill Jats
Language Punjabi, Urdu
Religion Islam
SurnamesSipra, Sapra, Sipru, Supra

Sipra (also known as Sapra, Sipru, Sipraw or Supra) is a Jat clan of Punjabis found in the Punjab region of Pakistan. [1]

The Sipras are a subclan of the Gill Jatts. [2]

The de-facto Sultans of Mysore, Hyder Ali and Tipu Sultan, are often argued to be of Punjabi origin, [3] [4] specifically from the Sipra clan. [5]

Notable people

References

  1. "The People (Castes & Clans) of District Jhelum". Punjab portal, Government of the Punjab website. Archived from the original on 5 April 2018. Retrieved 15 October 2024.
  2. Horace Arthur Rose; Sir Denzil Ibbetson; Sir Edward Maclagan (1914). A Glossary of the Tribes and Castes of the Punjab and North-West Frontier Province Volume 3. p. 427. The Sipra appear to be a sub-division of the Gill tribe of Jats...
  3. Dalrymple, William (2019). The Anarchy: The East India Company, Corporate Violence, and the Pillage of an Empire. Bloomsbury USA. p. 264. ISBN   978-1-63557-395-4. Archived from the original on 11 March 2023. Haidar, who was of Punjabi origin, had risen in the ranks of the Mysore army...
  4. Gott, Richard (2022). Britain's Empire: Resistance, Repression and Revolt. Verso Books. p. 47. ISBN   978-1-83976-422-6. Archived from the original on 26 December 2023. Haidar Ali was an illiterate Punjabi who rose from the ranks of the Mysore army to become its commander.
  5. Shafqat Tanveer Mirza (1991). Resistance Themes In Punjabi Literature.
  6. Mirzā, Shafqat Tanvīr (1989). "Pīr o Mūrshid: Bahlūl". Shāh Ḥusain (in Urdu). Islāmābād: Lok Virs̲ah Ishāʻat Ghar. pp. 69–76. ISBN   978-969-468-001-9.
  7. Special Responsibilities Assigned To Provincial Ministers, Advisors, Parliamentary Secretaries And Special Assistants For Monitoring Of Ramzan Bazaars Punjab Portal, Government of the Punjab website, Published 4 June 2016, Retrieved 16 May 2022
  8. "Member Profile, Provincial Assembly of Punjab, Pakistan". Provincial Assembly of Punjab website. Archived from the original on 30 June 2018. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
  9. Tahir Kamran, "The Genesis, Evolution and Impact of "Deobandi" Islam on the Punjab: An Overview" in Faith-Based Violence and Deobandi Militancy in Pakistan, Springer, 2016, p. 89