Qaimkhani

Kayamkhani or Kaimkhani (also spelled Kayam Khani and Kaim Khani) is a Muslim Rajput community of India who were notable for ruling the Fatehpur-Jhunjhunu region in Rajasthan from the 1300s to the 1700s. kayamkhani's have 36 descedents some of them are khanjada etc.Rasoolpuriya khanjada are considers to be descedents of Nawab Qayam khans first wife. khanzada's are considered as Nawab Qayam khans Step wife's descedents and also knows as "Daroga". [1][2]

History

They are said to be descended from Chauhan Rajputs who converted from Hinduism to Islam in the 14th century during the reign of Firuz Shah Tughlaq.[3][4] [5]

They ruled between 1384 and 1731 with Fatehpur, Rajasthan as the capital, Rajput kayamkhani nawabs ruled in Fatehpur, Jhunjhunu, Singhana and Hisar. [6]

See also

References
  1. Sunita Budhwar (1978). "The Qayamkhani Shaikhzada Family of Fatehpur-Jhunjhunu". Proceedings of the Indian History Congress. 39: 412–425. JSTOR 44139379.
  2. Dr Dasharatha Sharma, Kyam Khan Raso, Ed. Dasharath Sharma, Agarchand Nahta, Rajsthan Puratatva Mandir, 1953, page-15
  3. Chandra, Satish (2005). Medieval India: From Sultanat to the Mughals. 2. Har-Anand Publications. p. 112. ISBN 978-8-12411-066-9.
  4. Stern, Robert W. (1988). The Cat and the Lion: Jaipur State in the British Raj. BRILL. p. 265. ISBN 978-9-00408-283-0.
  5. Kolff, Dirk H. A. (2002). Naukar, Rajput, and Sepoy: The Ethnohistory of the Military Labour Market of Hindustan, 1450-1850. Cambridge University Press. p. 57. ISBN 978-0-52152-305-9.
  6. Weinberger-Thomas, Catherine (1999). Ashes of Immortality: Widow-Burning in India. University of Chicago Press. p. 176. ISBN 0-226-88568-2.
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