Mian Rajputs
Mian Rajput are the ruling Rajput clans of Jammu & Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh State of India.
The Mian Rajputs, are the tribe, to which the rulers of Kashmir belong. Mian Rajput consider themselves to be of highest class. They do not engage in trade or agriculture. They are major land owners cultivated by other castes. They would rather gladly join cavalry or army by choice.[1][2] Although Dogra Rajputs generally do not regard finer divisions of Rajput ethnologist but they draw and put Mian Rajputs in high regards in comparison with others.[1][3] Some mians are Jamwals, Katoch, Chandel and Dogras. Chandel mians were the rulers of Bilaspur in Himachal Pradesh.
They have territorial names such as Jamwal and Jasrotia signifying the family is connected with Jammu and Jasrota, respectively.[1] The Mina Rajputs of Deosar look different from their brethren in the Dogra country.[2]
Title Mian Among Hill Rajputs
The honorific title Mian was originally given by Emperor Jahangir to the 22 Rajput Princes from the Punjab Hill States, who were hostages at the Mughal Court. This practice was initiated by Emperor Akbar to ensure the fidelity of the hill chiefs. Later on this title became the distinctive appellation of all members of the 22 royal clans to which the Princes belonged. At the present time its application is more general, and it is popularly applied to any one of Rajput caste in the Hills.[4]
Hill Rajput Salutation Jaidea
The title Deva was a royal designation and was attached to the names of kings and queens in the masucline and feminine form, as in the inscriptions; in the same way as Rex and Regina. Hence came the Rajput salutation Jaidea (Jaideva) which is accorded only to Rajputs in the hills, and may have originally the distinctive saluatation of the Raja only. The Sanskrit form in full is jayatu deva, "May the king be victorous."[5]
Notable Hill Rajput Mians
- Mian Mangal Singh Chandel, Zaildar of Naina Devi Dhar, Bilaspur, Himachal Pradesh ( Bilaspur was known as “Sat-dhar-kahlur” which means Kahlur of the seven hill ranges, one of them being the Naina Devi Dhar). Mian Mangal Singh Chandel was appointed by Raja Bijai Chand of Bilaspur and belonged to the Kalyanchandia mian family of Bilaspur. He was the descendant of Rup Chand the second son of Raja Kalyan Chand, the 30th Raja of Bilaspur, who ruled from 1600 to 1636 AD. Rup Chand was given the jagir of Bhakra.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Imperial Gazetteer of India. Provincial Series: Kashmir and Jammu By Walter Roper Lawrence
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 THE VALLEY OF KASHMIR - RACES AND TRIBES (MAIN) Walter R. Lawrence
- ↑ Gazetteer of the Simla Hill states, 1910 By Indus Publishing Company.
- ↑ History of the PUNJAB Hill States,Volume 1, J. Hutchinson and J.Ph. Vogel, P - 62, 1933, by Superintendent, Government Printing, Lahore, Punjab
- ↑ History of the PUNJAB Hill States,Volume 1, J. Hutchinson and J.Ph. Vogel, P - 61, 1933, by Superintendent, Government Printing, Lahore, Punjab
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