Shahi

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Shahi (शाही) Sahi (साही) Saj (साज) Sand (सांड) is a very old jat gotra. The people belonging to Saj and Sand gotras consider themselves to be the descendants of Mann gotra. Jat Muslims belonging to these gotras are found in Multan and Gujarat districts of the Western Punjab in Pakistan. ^[1]

Tor Dheri inscription mentions a person, "Yola Mira Śhāhi".^[2] Here Shahi is a Jat clan. ^[3]

Shahi are also from the Clan of Gills.

Bhim Singh Dahiya has described about the history of this clan along with lohar Jat clan. This clan is famous in Kashmir history and gave it a whole dynasty called Lohar dynasty. Their settlement in India was Loharin, in Pir Pantsal range. The Lohar Kot-fort of Lohars-is named after them. The famous queen Dida, married to Kshemagupta, was daughter of Lohar Kong Simha Raja, who himself was married to a daughter of Lalli (Jat Clan) Sahi king Bhima of Kabul and Udabhanda (Und, near modern Attock)

Thus Didda was a Lohariya Jat scion, and a granddaughter of Lalli Jats of Kabul baseless called Brahmans. The descendants of their ruling family are still called Sahi Jats.

References

1. ↑ Ram Swarup Joon:History of the Jats
2. ↑ ibid., XcII, p. 173
3. ↑ Bhim Singh Dahiya: Jats the ancient Rulers

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