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{{Short description|Muslim clan found in Pakistan}}
'''Daudpotra''' (alternatively '''Daudpota''' or '''Daudputra'''; literally "Sons of Daud") is a [[Muslim]] clan originating from [[Sindh]], found in south [[Punjab, Pakistan|Punjab]] and north-western [[Sindh]] provinces of Pakistan.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Madhav |first1=Karki |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CyJTDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA178 |title=Knowing our lands and resources: indigenous and local knowledge and practices related to biodiversity and ecosystem services in Asia |last2=Rosemary |first2=Hill |last3=Xue |first3=Dayuan |last4=Wilfredo |first4=Alangui |last5=Kaoru |first5=Ichikawa |last6=Peter |first6=Bridgewater |date=2017-12-31 |publisher=UNESCO Publishing |isbn=978-92-3-100266-3 |pages=178 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://fid4sa-repository.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/3438/|title= Cultural Expressions of South Punjab|website=FID4SA Repository|date= 2015|doi= 10.11588/xarep.00003438|last1= Vandal|first1= Sajida Haidar}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Gilmartin |first1=David |title=The Setting: The Indus Basin |journal=Blood and Water: The Indus River Basin in Modern History |date=5 June 2015 |page=22 |doi=10.1525/9780520960831-004 |url=https://doi.org/10.1525/9780520960831-004 |publisher=University of California Press |location=Berkeley |isbn=978-0-520-96083-1 |language=en |quote=The founders of the new Bahawalpur state in the eighteenth century were part of a warrior clan from Shikarpur in Sind..|url-access=subscription }}</ref> The [[Nawab of Bahawalpur|Nawabs of Bahawalpur]] belonged to this clan.<ref name=a>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bzu.edu.pk/PJSS/Vol34No22014/PJSS-Vol34-No2-06.pdf|title=History of Bahawalpur State and its Culture|website=Pakistan Journal of Social Sciences (PJSS)|access-date=2023-07-08|archive-date=2024-12-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241215164333/https://www.bzu.edu.pk/PJSS/Vol34No22014/PJSS-Vol34-No2-06.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>

== History ==
The Daudpotra were considered a powerful tribe in the 17th century lower Sindh.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Haig |first1=T.W |last2=Ansari |first2=Sarah |last3=Bosworth |first3=C.E |last4=Shackle |first4=C |last5=Crowe |first5=Yolande |title=Sind |journal=Encyclopaedia of Islam New Edition Online |doi=10.1163/1573-3912_islam_com_1083 |url=https://doi.org/10.1163/1573-3912_islam_COM_1083 |publisher=Brill |language=en|url-access=subscription }}</ref> They are closely related to the [[Kalhora]] tribe, with both claiming descent from [[Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib]], a paternal uncle and [[Companions of the Prophet|sahabi]] (companion) of the [[Islamic prophet]] [[Muhammad]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Bazmee Ansari |first1=A.S |title=Dāwūdpōtrās |journal=Encyclopaedia of Islam New Edition Online |date=2012 |doi=10.1163/1573-3912_islam_sim_1762 |url=https://doi.org/10.1163/1573-3912_islam_SIM_1762 |publisher=Brill |language=en|url-access=subscription }}</ref> [[André Wink]] considers their progenitor, Daud, to be a [[Julaha]] from [[Jats|Jat]] community.<ref>{{Cite book |chapter=The Rise of Islam in the Indus Borderlands|last=Wink |first=André |chapter-url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Al_Hind_The_Making_of_the_Indo_Islamic_W/otBJEQAAQBAJ?hl=en |title= The Age of the Great Mughals, 16th–17th Centuries. Part Two: The Rise of Islam from the Indus to the Malay-Indonesian Archipelago |date=2025 |publisher=Brill |isbn=978-90-04-72921-6 |series=Al-Hind: The Making of the Indo-Islamic World |volume=IV |location=Leiden |pages=100 |language=en}}</ref> The city of [[Shikarpur, Sindh|Shikarpur]] in Sindh was founded in 1617 A.D. by the Daudpotra after a battle with [[Mahar (tribe)|Mahars]] and they remained the [[Jagirdar]]s and later rulers of Shikarpur for almost 128 years with breaks in between. Their rule was contested by their cousins, the Kalhoras. In 1739, [[Nader Shah]] reinstated Daudpotra rule in [[Sehwan]] and Shikarpur. In 1747, their rule in Shikarpur ended and during the absence of Sadiq Khan{{efn|The last ruler of Shikarpur.}} from Shikarpur, he laid the foundations of a new state with support from the [[Nawab]] of [[Multan]] and the [[Sheikh]] of [[Uch]]. The Daudpotra were granted [[jagir]]s by them in the areas that later formed the [[Bahawalpur (princely state)|Bahawalpur state]], established by Bahawal Khan, the son of Sadiq Khan. After the death of his father he renounced all claims on Shikarpur.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Naeem |first1=Anila |title=Urban Traditions and Historic Environments in Sindh |date=5 April 2017 |publisher=Amsterdam University Press |isbn=9789048531257 |pages=28–29 |url=https://doi.org/10.1515/9789048531257-005 |chapter=Shikarpoor Historic Town. Introduction, Background and Development|doi=10.1515/9789048531257-005 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Khlaid |first1=Samia |title=WOMEN OF BAHAWALPUR STATE DURING THE NINETEENTH CENTURY: A SOCIO-ECONOMIC STUDY |journal=Pakistan Journal of Women's Studies: Alam-e-Niswan |date=1 June 2017 |volume=24 |issue=1 |page=2 |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A512868803/AONE? |language=English}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Khan |first1=A.Z |title=S̲h̲ikārpūr |journal=Encyclopaedia of Islam New Edition Online (EI-2 English) |date=2012 |doi=10.1163/1573-3912_islam_sim_6940 |url=https://doi.org/10.1163/1573-3912_islam_SIM_6940 |publisher=Brill |language=en|url-access=subscription }}</ref>

== Notable people ==

* [[Umar Bin Muhammad Daudpota]]
* [[Azim Daudpota]]

==Notes==
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==References==
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[[Category:Sindhi tribes]]
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Daudpotra - Revision history

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