Jats in Medieval History

[thambu]

There have been historical references to Jats in the ancient history but after the coming of Rajputs and then Muslims rule in Jat inhabited areas, the Jats fade out and make a come back again during the twilight rule of the later mughals. The Medieval Jat period is largely missing. There is no significant references to them.

Also i am a bit perplexed that how come the jats/gujars/ahirs who surrounded the Muslim capitals of Indiai.e:( Delhi and Agra were never converted by the muslims, nor is there any reference to them as having revolted or even joined forces with the muslims except in the later mughal period.

Can someone guide me!!!!:confused:

[thambu]

I have had discussions about this with many learned people . The only plausible reason i feel of Muslims not converting jats specifically and Hindus generally were

1. Since Muslims were mostly Turkish, Persian , Afghan stock initially they looked down on Indian,s in general, even Muslim Indians. They cosidered themselves to be superior. Since superiority was always considered in terms of conquest, the victors were always superior.

2. The revenue factor: The conversion to Islam meant glorification meant glorification of faith but IT ALSO MEANT LOSS OF INCOME to the state. Since Sultns were more intent on acquiring money, and not very religiously inclined , except one or two exceptions,they disfavoured conversion of Hindus to Islam. Since taxes like Jaziya etc were levied on non believers it wud have meant loss of income which was required for the retention as well as expansion of territorries by conquest. According to Sultans the replenishment of the ex chequer was more important than the conversion of the infidels.

regds.....Arun

[dndeswal]

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Aurangzeb, whose sole mission was to spread Islam, ruled India for 60 years (he died at the age of 90). The long duel with Sikh Gurus (Teg Bahadur, Guru Govind Singh) occurred in his times – he ordered beheading of Guru Teg Bahadur since he denied accepting Islam. Delhi, the capital of Aurangzeb, was surrounded by four warrior castes, better known as AJGR (अजगर) – Ahir, Jat, Gujar, Rajput. Aurangzeb could not succeed in converting these tough castes into Islam. Ultimately, he decided to accomplish his mission in remote regions – Kashmir, Bengal and South - where he succeeded. Today’s Muslims in J&K are, in majority of cases, the descendents of those who accepted Islam during that time, under force. And today’s Bangladesh is before us.

Many history books were destroyed by these barbaric rulers. Many ancient monuments were converted into ‘Islamic’ monuments – like Ram Temple in Ayodhya and Taj Mahal of Agra. History of that period was written mainly by Muslim historians who have seldom mentioned Jats or their achievements.

And the struggle is still continuing. Pakistan is also a by-product of likes of Aurangzeb. Dr. J.N. Sarkar has written several books on medieval history and mentioned Jats’ duel with Muslim rulers. We have to search true history. Today’s textbooks in Indian schools are worthless, mostly written by Communist historians like Romila Thapar.
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