Khanzada Rajputs
| Regions with significant populations | |
|---|---|
Urdu [citation needed] | |
| Religion | |
| Islam 100% | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| [citation needed] |
The Khanzada or Khan Zadeh are a cluster community of
Jadaun[citation needed]. They refer to themselves as Muslim Rajputs. After the Partition of India in 1947, many members of this community migrated to Pakistan where they're known as Muhajirs
.
History and origin
The term khanzada originally applied to the Bachgoti Rajput family of the Rajahs of
Chauhan Rajputs of Mainpuri. Bariar Singh's grandson, Tilok Chand is said to have converted to Islam, and the family took the name khanzada.[1]
Present circumstances
In northern Awadh, a region comprising roughly
muslim rajput of Uttar Pradesh communities, and there was increasingly intermarriage between the two groups. There economic condition in this region is also been affected, with a dwindling in the size of their farms, especially in Shravasti and Balrampur districts. Many are now, in fact, landless agricultural labourers.[2][full citation needed][3]
The Khanzada, however have been badly affected by abolition of the better source needed
]
See also
References
- ISBN 8173043752
- ISBN 0-88386-757-5
- ^ History of Bisen Khanzada Community in Awadh region; Khalid Hameed, 2018
- ^ Sethi, Atul (8 July 2007). "Muslim Rajputs of UP [India], The | Times of India, The Newspaper | Find Articles at BNET". Findarticles.com. Retrieved 18 August 2010.[permanent dead link]
Further reading
- Fox, Richard Gabriel (1971). Kin, Clan, Raja, and Rule: Statehinterland Relations in Preindustrial India. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-52001-807-5.