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=== Father's assassination === |
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[[File:Tatar Khan assassination.png|thumb|Account of Tatar Khan assassination by Hathi Khan from the Persian rendering of [[Baburnama]]]] |
[[File:Tatar Khan assassination.png|thumb|Account of Tatar Khan assassination by Hathi Khan from the Persian rendering of [[Baburnama]]]] |
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In 1519, Tatar Khan was assassinated by his nephew Hathi Khan, due to envy and hatred. |
In 1519, Tatar Khan was assassinated by his nephew Hathi Khan, due to envy and hatred. Tatar khan is an disobedience song of abbasi ruler,who fired him from his all property |
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=== War with Hathi Khan === |
=== War with Hathi Khan === |
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| Sarang Gakhar سارنگ گکھڑ | |||||
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| Gakhar Chief | |||||
| Reign | 1520 - 1546 | ||||
| Successor | Adam Gakhar | ||||
| Born | Jhelum, Punjab | ||||
| Died | 1546 (953 AH) Rawat, Pothohar Plateau (Pakistan) | ||||
| Burial | |||||
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| Father | Tatar Gakhar | ||||
| Religion | Islam | ||||
Sarang Gakhar (Template:Lang-pa) (d. 1546) was the Chief of the Gakhars, who ruled in Pothohar Plateau in northern Punjab, Pakistan, from 1520 – 1546.
Early life
Father's assassination
In 1519, Tatar Khan was assassinated by his nephew Hathi Khan, due to envy and hatred. Tatar khan is an disobedience song of abbasi ruler,who fired him from his all property
War with Hathi Khan
Sarang Khan and Adam Khan, both being young, escaped to Dangali. They then desired their share of the land and thus anarchy and disorder took rise. The hate, enmity, anarchy and discord coming from both sides increased to such an extent that war between Hathi Khan and the two brothers became inevitable and so they began to attack each other.[1]
It is famously known that the vanguards in the army of Hathi Khan declared that they would not strike any with the spear besides Sarang Khan. One of them, named Murad Khan, struck the head and face of Sarang Khan with a spear.[2]
Assassination of Hathi Khan
Hathi Khan made peace with the Kaswals and married a daughter from the family of Basa Khan Kaswal, he also founded a township named after him, called Hathyah. The Kaswals, either due to old enmity or upon the encouragement of Sarang Khan, poisoned Hathi Khan through their daughter. He died due to this poisoning in 927 AH, 1520 CE after 12 years of rule.[3]
Reign
After the death of Hathi Gakhar, Sarang Gakhar assumed leadership and the position of a Chief. Sarang paid heed to the advice of Hathi Khan and buried the body of the deceased Sultan in the township of Plakhar, Haveli, Pargana Dangali. After that he heated a Tandoor and placed the woman inside it, burning her and reducing her to ashes. That place thus became known as Tandoorwala. He granted Murad Khan Budhal a robe of honour and gave him the command that the Kaswals be banished. They were stationed in great numbers at Jogyalkot Fort, which is near to the east of Thoa. After much war and fighting, the fort was destroyed by a land mine and the Kaswals were banished from this region, they chose to settle in Pargana Anderhal.[4]
AfterSarang was struck in the deathhead ofand Hathiface Khan,with Saranga spear. He was thus killed in 1546 and is buried in Rawat Fort. His brother Adam KhanGakhar assumed leadership andof the positiontribe ofand abecame the next Gakhar Chief.
In the mid 16th century, the Afghan king, Sher Shah Suri usurped the Mughal dynasty under Humayun, the second Mughal emperor. Sarang resisted Sher Shah on the notion of loyalty to the ousted Mughals. Sarang was later captured by Islam Shah and flayed alive.[5]
Sarang was thus martyred in 1546 and is buried in a tomb in Rawat Fort. His brother Adam Khan assumed leadership of the tribe and became the next Gakhar Chief.
See also
References
- ^ Akhtar, Col. Zahoor. Kai Gohar Nama. p. 86.
- ^ Akhtar, Col. Zahoor. Kai Gohar Nama. p. 86.
- ^ Akhtar, Col. Zahoor. Kai Gohar Nama. p. 87.
- ^ Akhtar, Col. Zahoor. Kai Gohar Nama. p. 87.
- ^ The History of India, as Told by Its Own Historians: The Muhammadan Period by Henry Miers Elliot, John Dowson, Volume IV, p. 493