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Sikh Confederacies [1708 - 1769]
AHLUVALIA MISL
Tags: singh, jassa, sikhs, kapurthala, punjab, sikh, khalsa, ahluvalia, lahore, misl, doab, khan
AHLUVALIA MISL. See also MISLS Ahluvalia Misl was one of the twelve misls or Sikh confedracies which had gained power in the Punjab during the latter half of the eighteenth century, derived its name from the village of Ahlu, in Lahore district,...
BHANGI MISL
Tags: misls, misl, bhangi
BHANGI MISL. See MISLS
DAL KHALSA
Tags: khalsa, singh, sikhs, sikh, punjab, amritsar, force, jathas, leader, nawab, groups, occupied
DAL KHALSA is the term used to describe the militia which came into being during the turbulent period of the second half of the eighteenth century and which became a formidable fighting force of the Sikhs in the northwestern part of India. The first...
DALLEVALiA MISL. See MISLS
Tags: bhai, amritsar, 1955, mala, bhagat, sikhan, santokh, sihgh, sirigh, granth, 1926, suraj
DALLEVALiA MISL. See MISLS DALLU, BHAI, a Rihan Khatri of Burhanpur, mentioned by Bhai Gurdas, Varan, XI. 30, among prominent Sikhs of the time of Guru Hargobind. See BHAGVAN DAS, BHAi
JAGIRDARI
Tags: land, grants, jdgirs, system, sikh, revenue, military, civil, chiefs, jdgirdar, service, permanent
JAGIRDARI, a feudal system of political and revenue administration based on jagir, lit. fief or grant of land received from the sovereign or a vassal owing fealty and obedience to him. Sikhs who, after the fall of Sirhind in early 1764, started...
JATHA
Tags: singh, jathds, khalsa, sikhs, jathd, sikh, term, delhi, century, called, akali, amritsar
JATHA, from Sanskrit yutha meaning a herd, flock, multitude, troop, band or host, signifies in the Sikh tradition a band of volunteers coming forth to carry out a specific task, be it armed combat or a peaceful and nonviolent agitation. It is not...
MISLDARI OR MISALDARI
Tags: sikh, territory, land, misi, mislddrs, singh, sarddr, misls, system, political, chief, nineteenth
MISLDARI OR MISALDARI, a system of political relationship as well as of land tenure which came into being with the rise of Sikh power in the eighteenth century Punjab. The Sikh warriors who, since the execution of Banda Singh Bahadur in 1716, had...
MISLS
Tags: singh, misi, khalsa, amritsar, sikh, village, misis, sikhs, shah, punjab, ranjit, lahore
MISLS. Misi is a term which originated in the eighteenth century history of the Sikhs to describe a unit or brigade of Sikh warriors and the territory acquired by it in the course of its campaign of conquest following the weakening of the Mughal...
NISHAN SAHIB
Tags: nishan, sahib, sikh, flag, singh, akal, sikhs, front, flagpost, guru, jhanda, steel
NISHAN SAHIB is the name for the tall Sikh flag which marks all gurudwaras and other religious premises of the Sikhs. Nishdn is a Persian word with multiple meanings, one of these being a flag or standard. Sahib, an Arabic word with the applied...
PATTIDARI
Tags: village, sikh, land, common, divided, tenure, family, punjab, system, power, origin, punjabi
PATTIDARI, lit. cosharing or shareholding, was, like mislddri, a system of land tenure during the Sikh period. The basic principle was traceable to the time honoured institution of joint family and inheritance of property in equal shares by...

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