Post by kuldeepadhana on Oct 1, 2006 3:54:06 GMT -5
Gurjar in Northern Gujarat
In 1193CE, the Gurjars gathered under commands of a Chauhan leader of theirs to rescue Delhi from the foreigners. The rescuing army occupied Sirsa in Punjab, ousted the foreign army from Hansi and besieged Delhi. Qutbuddin hastened from Kanauj and a stubborn fight took place at Delhi where the Gurjars were Defeated.
In the west Punjab, the Gurjars under command of their chief Surka Khokhar raised like storm from Multan, ousted the foreigners from Lahore and dispossessed the fresh intruders of their horses, block the road of intrusion from Ghazana to Delhi. Qutbuddin sent Tajuddin Aldagar to suppress the freedom fighters but he did not succeed. The Gurjars marched further north to Jhelem and Attock destrying thereby the outpost of foreigner Muslims. Qutbuddin left Kanauj, Delhi and Ajmer under his subordinate officers and himself with Iltutmish came into the west Punjab. His army defeated the Gurjars and all the cities and towns again fell into the hands of invading armies. General massacre of the peoples for weeks, lachs of Gurjars killed; the column of Iltutmish alone slew 12,000 Gurjars.
In 1206CE, Mohammad Ghori himself marched from Ghazna to uproot the freedom fighters but one day a furious Khokhar Gurjar entered his camp and killed him at Dhamyal in dist. Jhelum. So in turn, many Gurjars were slain.
In about 1280CE, when Jalaluddin Khilji was governor of Punjab, Gurjars of Simana rose to overthrow the foreign yoke. The uprising suppressed but in the battle Gurjar Chief Mandha Rai struck, a sword cut on the face of Jalaluddin, which pained him through out his life.
At the time of Firozshah Tuglaq 1351 to 1388 CE, Gurjars looted the intruders who were coming from Central Asia through Punjab. Firozshah came to Punjab, cleared the roadways and on further march massacred the people of Nagarkot.
Sukha Gurjar took possession of Lahore. Mohammad Shah Tuglaq 1395 to 1412 CE sent Sarang Khan with an army; Sukha having been defeated fled to Jammu hills where his younger brother Dasrath Gurjar joined him with a fresh army. The same year Timur Lunge crossed the river Attock at Chal Jalali and entered the Doab of Jhelum and Chenab. Dasrath with only 2,000 soldiers checked the advance of Timur Lunge at the river Viyas but having wounded retired to the Northern sub Mountains. Bhati Gurjars defeated Mirza Pir Mohammad grandson of Timur at Multan, who fled to Timur Lunge at Viyas. Timur Lunge came back and looted Ajudhan, Dipalpur and Multana and on further advance destroyed the Bhatner Fort of the Bhati Gurjars. From there Timur reached Jammu after looting Simana, Kaithal, Delhi, Merrut etc in the way and accepted pardon for Dasrath. Timur appointed Sukha Gurjar as governor at Lahore.
The foreign Muslims informed Timur that the Hindis (Local Muslims) were deadly against them and that they stop the Iranian intruders when Timur was at Delhi. Therefore, Timur appointed Khizar Khan, a salve of Malik Mardan of Multan, as governer of Punjab. Sukha Gurjar did not hand over the charge of Lahore so Timur sent an army from Jammu. Gurjar fought a stubborn fight. Sukha Gurjar wounded and captured in the battle but Dasrath Gurjar escaped and fled to Jalandher. Shukha taken to Jammu where he answered the questions of Timur in bold and scornful manner, so Timur himself cut this lion in chains to pieces with sword.
In 1399CE, Dasrath established himself at Jalandhar and ruled the territory round about it. Khizar Khan was ruling the territory extending from Lahore to Multan. The local chiefs were ruling Gujarat and Jhelum, Delhi was under chaos and disorder. In 1414CE, Khizar Khan from Multan marched on Delhi and occupied it easily, after him; Dasrath Gurjar brought the whole territory from Jalandhar to Multan under his sway and conquered the whole area in the North up to Attock. He appointed Malik Togha a Mutineer of Delhi as governor at Lahore and himself conquered the area in the East up to Ropar.
After Khizar Khan, his successor Mubarak Shah King of Delhi sent army under Zirak Khan. However, was defeated and captured by Dasrath Gurjar; and then Mubarak Shah with a big army marched on Punjab. All the Punjab chiefs of foreign creed including Togha left there houses and met the King at Ludhiyana. When Dasrath’s army encamped at Kabulpur near Ludhiyana, his captive Zirak Khan also slipped away and joined Delhi forces. In a night attack, Dasrath’s army completely uprooted but he saved his life and retired to the Northern Hills. Malik Sikandar Tohfah appointed as governor of Lahore by and Bhim Dev of Jammu became friend of Mubarak Shah. Gurjar King Dasrath again collected a body of soldiers, marched on Lahore and encamped near the tomb of Hasart Mir Hasan Zanjani. Tohfah shut the gates of Lahore. The siege continued for more then one month. As Raja of Jammu had been friendly to the Gurjars Punjab, so King Dasrath asked Bhim Dev to dispatch men and money but he did not move. Consequently, Dasrath lifted the siege of Lahore and fell upon Jammu killed Bhim Dev and his army. Then leaving Lahore aside, Dasrath conquered Deepalur and Multan. Moreover, with a big army marched on Lahore. Now reinforcements had reached Lahore from Delhi, so Dasrath could not conquer Lahore. Tohfah dismissed from post of governorship of Lahore and the Delhi King posted Sarwar-ul-Mulk in his place. Sarwar-ul-Mulk marched on Gujarat Chenab, but was defeated. After his defeat, Sarwar-ul-Mulk retired but not allowed to enter Lahore by his assistance Kamaluddin, so he reached Delhi. The King of Delhi however did not pay any attension to his request. Therefore, Sarwar-ul-Mulk was enraged and killed Mubarak Shah, the king of Delhi in a Mosque with the help of Miran Sadar, Qazi Abdus Sadar, Sadran Khatri and Sadpal Khatri who were managers of his Jaggirs and seated Mohammad Shah, a cousion of the deceased, on the throne of Delhi. The Jagirs of Bayana, Amroha, Narnol and Kehram granted to Khatris.
Dasrath was ruling from Ravi to Attock, Amir Sheikh Ali of Kabul check his advance west of river Sindh, so he conquered the whole area along the Eastern bank of the river up to Siwistan. Sarwar-ul-Mulk new minister of Delhi ordered Mahamod Hasan of Multan to check his advance but Dasrath defeated him and possessed Deepalpur and Jalandhar. Delhi chief of Multan and Lahore were seating behind the forts walls and the whole of Punjab was under control of Dasrath when he died in about 1455CE. Hathi succeeded him. Sikandar Lodhi, King of Delhi sent an army, which crushed the army of Hathi at Viyas. Nevertheless, old Hathi was ruling at Gujarat to face Babar’s advance and defeated by the commander of Babar, Dost Beg, fled to Parhala. At Attock and Gujarat, Babar met Gurjars whom he repulsed in the hills.
Sultan Adam Gurjar was the chief of Gujarat when Humayun retook Kabul. Kamran Humayun’s, brother, fled to Adam Gurjar but he gave him to the chasing soldiers of Humayun who blinded him. Akbar adopted the policy of peace with local people and acknowledged the owner ship of land of local people. The Jats became proprietors at this time in Punjab. Akbar also accepted the chieftainship of the local chiefs, so Sultan Adam Gurjar was an acknowledged chief of Gujarat, Akbar demanded one lakh Rupees for the Chieftainship which were paid by Adam. After the death of Alamgir the son of Sultan Adam, Gurjars could not select a chief and the divided their possession.
In 1193CE, the Gurjars gathered under commands of a Chauhan leader of theirs to rescue Delhi from the foreigners. The rescuing army occupied Sirsa in Punjab, ousted the foreign army from Hansi and besieged Delhi. Qutbuddin hastened from Kanauj and a stubborn fight took place at Delhi where the Gurjars were Defeated.
In the west Punjab, the Gurjars under command of their chief Surka Khokhar raised like storm from Multan, ousted the foreigners from Lahore and dispossessed the fresh intruders of their horses, block the road of intrusion from Ghazana to Delhi. Qutbuddin sent Tajuddin Aldagar to suppress the freedom fighters but he did not succeed. The Gurjars marched further north to Jhelem and Attock destrying thereby the outpost of foreigner Muslims. Qutbuddin left Kanauj, Delhi and Ajmer under his subordinate officers and himself with Iltutmish came into the west Punjab. His army defeated the Gurjars and all the cities and towns again fell into the hands of invading armies. General massacre of the peoples for weeks, lachs of Gurjars killed; the column of Iltutmish alone slew 12,000 Gurjars.
In 1206CE, Mohammad Ghori himself marched from Ghazna to uproot the freedom fighters but one day a furious Khokhar Gurjar entered his camp and killed him at Dhamyal in dist. Jhelum. So in turn, many Gurjars were slain.
In about 1280CE, when Jalaluddin Khilji was governor of Punjab, Gurjars of Simana rose to overthrow the foreign yoke. The uprising suppressed but in the battle Gurjar Chief Mandha Rai struck, a sword cut on the face of Jalaluddin, which pained him through out his life.
At the time of Firozshah Tuglaq 1351 to 1388 CE, Gurjars looted the intruders who were coming from Central Asia through Punjab. Firozshah came to Punjab, cleared the roadways and on further march massacred the people of Nagarkot.
Sukha Gurjar took possession of Lahore. Mohammad Shah Tuglaq 1395 to 1412 CE sent Sarang Khan with an army; Sukha having been defeated fled to Jammu hills where his younger brother Dasrath Gurjar joined him with a fresh army. The same year Timur Lunge crossed the river Attock at Chal Jalali and entered the Doab of Jhelum and Chenab. Dasrath with only 2,000 soldiers checked the advance of Timur Lunge at the river Viyas but having wounded retired to the Northern sub Mountains. Bhati Gurjars defeated Mirza Pir Mohammad grandson of Timur at Multan, who fled to Timur Lunge at Viyas. Timur Lunge came back and looted Ajudhan, Dipalpur and Multana and on further advance destroyed the Bhatner Fort of the Bhati Gurjars. From there Timur reached Jammu after looting Simana, Kaithal, Delhi, Merrut etc in the way and accepted pardon for Dasrath. Timur appointed Sukha Gurjar as governor at Lahore.
The foreign Muslims informed Timur that the Hindis (Local Muslims) were deadly against them and that they stop the Iranian intruders when Timur was at Delhi. Therefore, Timur appointed Khizar Khan, a salve of Malik Mardan of Multan, as governer of Punjab. Sukha Gurjar did not hand over the charge of Lahore so Timur sent an army from Jammu. Gurjar fought a stubborn fight. Sukha Gurjar wounded and captured in the battle but Dasrath Gurjar escaped and fled to Jalandher. Shukha taken to Jammu where he answered the questions of Timur in bold and scornful manner, so Timur himself cut this lion in chains to pieces with sword.
In 1399CE, Dasrath established himself at Jalandhar and ruled the territory round about it. Khizar Khan was ruling the territory extending from Lahore to Multan. The local chiefs were ruling Gujarat and Jhelum, Delhi was under chaos and disorder. In 1414CE, Khizar Khan from Multan marched on Delhi and occupied it easily, after him; Dasrath Gurjar brought the whole territory from Jalandhar to Multan under his sway and conquered the whole area in the North up to Attock. He appointed Malik Togha a Mutineer of Delhi as governor at Lahore and himself conquered the area in the East up to Ropar.
After Khizar Khan, his successor Mubarak Shah King of Delhi sent army under Zirak Khan. However, was defeated and captured by Dasrath Gurjar; and then Mubarak Shah with a big army marched on Punjab. All the Punjab chiefs of foreign creed including Togha left there houses and met the King at Ludhiyana. When Dasrath’s army encamped at Kabulpur near Ludhiyana, his captive Zirak Khan also slipped away and joined Delhi forces. In a night attack, Dasrath’s army completely uprooted but he saved his life and retired to the Northern Hills. Malik Sikandar Tohfah appointed as governor of Lahore by and Bhim Dev of Jammu became friend of Mubarak Shah. Gurjar King Dasrath again collected a body of soldiers, marched on Lahore and encamped near the tomb of Hasart Mir Hasan Zanjani. Tohfah shut the gates of Lahore. The siege continued for more then one month. As Raja of Jammu had been friendly to the Gurjars Punjab, so King Dasrath asked Bhim Dev to dispatch men and money but he did not move. Consequently, Dasrath lifted the siege of Lahore and fell upon Jammu killed Bhim Dev and his army. Then leaving Lahore aside, Dasrath conquered Deepalur and Multan. Moreover, with a big army marched on Lahore. Now reinforcements had reached Lahore from Delhi, so Dasrath could not conquer Lahore. Tohfah dismissed from post of governorship of Lahore and the Delhi King posted Sarwar-ul-Mulk in his place. Sarwar-ul-Mulk marched on Gujarat Chenab, but was defeated. After his defeat, Sarwar-ul-Mulk retired but not allowed to enter Lahore by his assistance Kamaluddin, so he reached Delhi. The King of Delhi however did not pay any attension to his request. Therefore, Sarwar-ul-Mulk was enraged and killed Mubarak Shah, the king of Delhi in a Mosque with the help of Miran Sadar, Qazi Abdus Sadar, Sadran Khatri and Sadpal Khatri who were managers of his Jaggirs and seated Mohammad Shah, a cousion of the deceased, on the throne of Delhi. The Jagirs of Bayana, Amroha, Narnol and Kehram granted to Khatris.
Dasrath was ruling from Ravi to Attock, Amir Sheikh Ali of Kabul check his advance west of river Sindh, so he conquered the whole area along the Eastern bank of the river up to Siwistan. Sarwar-ul-Mulk new minister of Delhi ordered Mahamod Hasan of Multan to check his advance but Dasrath defeated him and possessed Deepalpur and Jalandhar. Delhi chief of Multan and Lahore were seating behind the forts walls and the whole of Punjab was under control of Dasrath when he died in about 1455CE. Hathi succeeded him. Sikandar Lodhi, King of Delhi sent an army, which crushed the army of Hathi at Viyas. Nevertheless, old Hathi was ruling at Gujarat to face Babar’s advance and defeated by the commander of Babar, Dost Beg, fled to Parhala. At Attock and Gujarat, Babar met Gurjars whom he repulsed in the hills.
Sultan Adam Gurjar was the chief of Gujarat when Humayun retook Kabul. Kamran Humayun’s, brother, fled to Adam Gurjar but he gave him to the chasing soldiers of Humayun who blinded him. Akbar adopted the policy of peace with local people and acknowledged the owner ship of land of local people. The Jats became proprietors at this time in Punjab. Akbar also accepted the chieftainship of the local chiefs, so Sultan Adam Gurjar was an acknowledged chief of Gujarat, Akbar demanded one lakh Rupees for the Chieftainship which were paid by Adam. After the death of Alamgir the son of Sultan Adam, Gurjars could not select a chief and the divided their possession.
