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This article is a list of '''[[Jat]]''' [[dynasties]], [[sovereign state|states]], and [[princely states]]. The Jats are a traditionally [[agricultural]] community spread out across [[Pakistan]] and [[Northern India]], specifically in [[Punjab]], [[Haryana]], [[Rajasthan]], [[Western UP]], [[Sindh]], and [[Azad Kashmir|AJK]]. During the [[Medieval India|medieval]] and [[British Raj|colonial]] eras, Jat clans established themselves throughout this area.
[[File:Surajmal jat.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Maharaja [[Suraj Mal|Surajmal]], ruler of [[Bharatpur State]] at its zenith]]
[[File:Maharaja Ranjit Singh, Lion of the Punjab.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Maharaja [[Ranjit Singh]], founder of the [[Sikh Empire]]]]

==List of dynasties and states==
Following is a list of Jat dynasties and states, along with the clan origin and years of rule.
===Dynasties===
*[[Rohilla dynasty]]<ref>Khan, Iqbal Ghani (2002). "Technology and the Question of Elite Intervention in Eighteenth-Century North India". In Barnett, Richard B. (ed.). [https://books.google.com/books?id=_jJuAAAAMAAJ Rethinking Early Modern India]. Manohar Publishers & Distributors. p. 271. {{ISBN|978-81-7304-308-6}}. "Thus we witness the Ruhelas accepting an exceptionally talented non-Afghan, an adopted Jat boy, as their nawab, purely on the basis of his military leadership; ..."</ref><ref name="Irvine 1971 p.118">{{cite book |last=Irvine |first=W. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ak5oFjTys8MC |title=Later Mughal |publisher=Atlantic Publishers & Distri |year=1971 |page=118 |quote=Once Daud was sent against the village of Bankauli, in pargana Chaumahla, with which his employer was at feud. Along with the plunder taken on this occasion Daud obtained possession of a Jat boy seven or eight years of age, whom he caused to be circumcised and then adopted under the name of Ali Muhammad Khan. |access-date=2022-07-30}}</ref><ref>[[Hari Ram Gupta|Gupta, Hari Ram]] (1999) [1980]. [https://books.google.com/books?id=82wwAQAAIAAJ History of the Sikhs]. Vol. III: Sikh Domination of the Mughal Empire (1764–1803) (2nd rev. ed.). [[Munshiram Manoharlal]]. p. 11. {{ISBN|978-81-215-0213-9}}. {{OCLC|165428303}}. "The real founder of the Rohilla power was Ali Muhammad, from whom sprang the present line of the Nawabs of Rampur. Originally a Hindu Jat, who was taken prisoner when a young boy by Daud in one of his plundering expeditions, at village Bankauli in the parganah of Chaumahla, and was converted to Islam and adopted by him."</ref> (Nain clan; Rohilla by adoption)<ref>{{Cite book |last=Society |first=Pakistan Historical |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Journal_of_the_Pakistan_Historical_Socie/w_htAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=jat+boy+by+the+name+of+prem+singh+nano&dq=jat+boy+by+the+name+of+prem+singh+nano&printsec=frontcover |title=Journal of the Pakistan Historical Society |date=1994 |publisher=Pakistan Historical Society. |language=en}}</ref>
**[[Kingdom of Rohilkhand]] (1721-1774)
**[[Rampur State]] (1774-1947)
*[[Phulkian dynasty]]<ref>D. A. Low (1991). D. A. Low (ed.). [https://books.google.com/books?id=VaeuCwAAQBAJ&dq=phulkian+misl+sidhu+Jat&pg=PA35#v=onepage&q=phulkian%20misl%20sidhu%20Jat&f=false Political Inheritance of Pakistan]. Springer. p. 35. {{ISBN|9781349115563}}.</ref><ref>Bengal, Asiatic Society of (1867). [https://books.google.com/books?id=R7pJAAAAcAAJ&q=that+of+phool+and+maraj#v=snippet&q=that%20of%20phool%20and%20maraj&f=false Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal]. Soc. [https://web.archive.org/web/20240127112947/https://books.google.com/books?id=R7pJAAAAcAAJ&q=that+of+phool+and+maraj#v=snippet&q=that%20of%20phool%20and%20maraj&f=false Archived] from the original on 27 January 2024.</ref><ref>Singh, Harbans (1992–1998). [https://search.worldcat.org/title/29703420 The encyclopaedia of Sikhism]. Vol. 3. Patiala: Punjabi University. pp. 336–337. {{ISBN|0-8364-2883-8}}. [[OCLC]] [https://search.worldcat.org/title/29703420 29703420]. [https://web.archive.org/web/20240308155458/https://search.worldcat.org/title/29703420 Archived] from the original on 8 March 2024.</ref> (Sidhu-Brar)
**[[Patiala State]] (1762-1947)
**[[Nabha State]] (1763-1947)
**[[Faridkot State]] (1763-1948)
**[[Jind State]] (1763-1948)
*[[Majithia family]]<ref name=":1">{{Cite book |last=Rekhi |first=Gurnam Singh |url=https://gurmatveechar.com/books/English_Books/Sir.Sundar.Singh.Rekhi.by.Gurnam.Singh.%28GurmatVeechar.com%29.pdf |title=Sir Sundar Singh Majithia and His Relevance in Sikh Politics |publisher=Har-Anand Publications Pvt. Ltd. |year=1999 |page=15 |quote=...the small village of Majithia (near Amritsar)—which the family of Sir Sundar Singh, of Shergill clan among the Jat Sikhs—had adopted as their surname, could also be proud of its illustrious Sardars.}}</ref> (Shergill)
*[[Maulaheri Jats|Mauleheri family]]<ref>{{Cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9DU5AAAAIAAJ&q=maulaheri%20jats&pg=PA184 | title=The Peasant and the Raj: Studies in Agrarian Society and Peasant Rebellion in Colonial India| isbn=9780521297707| last1=Stokes| first1=Eric| year=1978| publisher=Cambridge University Press}}</ref> (Panwar)

===States===
*[[Gohad State]] (1505-1805)
*[[Dholpur State]] (1805-1947)
*[[Hathras#History|Hathras]] State (1712-1947)
* [[Mursan]] State (1735-1947)
*[[Bharatpur State]]<ref>Sen, Sailendra Nath (2010). [https://books.google.com/books?id=bXWiACEwPR8C&q=Jats+175+lakh+rupees An Advanced History of Modern India]. Macmillan. p. 420. {{ISBN|978-0-230-32885-3}}.</ref><ref>Rudolph, Susanne Hoeber; Rudolph, Lloyd I.; Singh, Mohan (1975). "[https://www.jstor.org/stable/2052551 A Bureaucratic Lineage in Princely India: Elite Formation and Conflict in a Patrimonial System]". The Journal of Asian Studies. 34 (3): 717. [[Digital object identifier|doi]]:[https://read.dukeupress.edu/journal-of-asian-studies/article-abstract/34/3/717/329562/A-Bureaucratic-Lineage-in-Princely-India-Elite?redirectedFrom=fulltext 10.2307/2052551]. [[ISSN]] [https://search.worldcat.org/search?q=n2:0021-9118 0021-9118]. [[JSTOR]] [https://jstor.org/stable/2052551 2052551]. "Bharatpur and Dholpur was the Jat states."</ref> (1722-1947, Sinsinwar)
*9 out of the 12 [[Sikh Misls]] (1748-1799):
**[[Bhangi Misl|Bhangi Misl]]<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oFFuAAAAMAAJ&q=bhangi+misl+Jat|last=Sidhu|first=Kuldip Singh|publisher=National Book Shop|year=1994|isbn=978-8-171-1-61652|pages=204|title=Ranjit Singh's Khalsa Raj and Attariwala Sardars|access-date=7 July 2021}}</ref> (Dhillon)
**[[Kanhaiya Misl|Kanhaiya Misl]]<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZxxuAAAAMAAJ&q=KANaHiYA+Misl+Sindhu+Jat|title=Struggle of the Sikhs for Sovereignty|last=Gandhi|first=Surjit Singh|publisher=Gur Das Kapur|year=1980|pages=552|access-date=26 July 2021}}</ref> (Sandhu)
**[[Nakai Misl|Nakai Misl]]<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=F2BDAAAAYAAJ&q=Nakai+sandhu+Jat|title=The Advanced Study in History of the Punjab, Volume 1|last=Chhabra|first=G. S. |publisher=Sharanjit|year=1960|access-date=24 July 2021}}</ref> (Sandhu)
**[[Nishanwalia Misl|Nishanwalia Misl]]<ref>{{Cite book|last=McLeod|first=W. H.|title=The A to Z of Sikhism|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vgixwfeCyDAC&q=Nishanvalia+Misl+Gill+Jat|publisher=Scarecrow Press|year=2009|isbn=978-0-810-8-63446|pages=330|access-date=8 July 2021}}</ref> (Shergill & Gill)
**[[Phulkian Misl|Phulkian Misl]]<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VaeuCwAAQBAJ&dq=phulkian+misl+sidhu+Jat&pg=PA35|title=Political Inheritance of Pakistan|isbn=9781349115563|editor=D. A. Low|author=D. A. Low|year=1991|page=35|publisher=Springer }}</ref> (Sidhu-Brar)
**[[Shaheedan Misl|Shaheedan Misl]]<ref>{{Cite book|last=Gupta|first=Hari Ram|title=History of the Sikhs: The Sikh commonwealth or Rise and fall of Sikh misls|edition=illustrated|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=S1wwAQAAIAAJ&q=Dip+Singh+Sandhu+Jat|publisher=Munshiram Manoharlal|year=2001|isbn=978-8-121-5-01651|pages=580|access-date=8 July 2021}}</ref> (Sandhu)
**[[Singhpuria Misl|Singhpuria Misl]]<ref>{{Cite book|title=Punjab District Gazetteers: Rupnagar|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tsxFAQAAIAAJ&q=Nawab+Kapur+Singh+Virk+Jat|author=Punjab (India)|publisher=Controller of Print. and Stationery|year=1987|access-date=8 July 2021}}</ref> (Virk)
**[[Singh Krora Misl|Singh Krora Misl]]<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=S1wwAQAAIAAJ&q=Virk+Barki|title=history of the Sikhs: The Sikh commonwealth or Rise and fall of Sikh misls|last=Gupta|first=Hari Ram |edition=3, illustrated, revised|publisher=Munshiram Manoharlal|year=2001|isbn=978-8-121-5-01651|pages=580|access-date=24 July 2021}}</ref> (Virk & Dhaliwal)
**[[Sukerchakia Misl|Sukerchakia Misl]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Service |first=Tribune News |title=Braving the ravages of time |url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/amritsar/braving-the-ravages-of-time-176557 |access-date=2022-10-05 |website=Tribuneindia News Service |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8erZAAAAMAAJ&q=established+Jat|title=Handbook of Indian Sociology|last=Das|first=Veena|edition=2|publisher=New York|year=2004|access-date=21 July 2021|isbn=978-0-195-6-68315|pages=502}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|title=Sikhs in Sabah and Labuan: A Historical Perspective|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=S9RuAAAAMAAJ&q=curiosity+Jat|last=Gill|first=Surjit S.|publisher=Labuan Sikh Society|year=2003|access-date=7 July 2021|pages=138}}</ref> (Sandhawalia)
*[[Kalsia State]]<ref>Bates, Crispin (26 March 2013). [https://books.google.com/books?id=-xZBDwAAQBAJ&q=Jat Mutiny at the Margins: New Perspectives on the Indian Uprising of 1857: Volume I: Anticipations and Experiences in the Locality]. SAGE Publishing India. {{ISBN|978-81-321-1589-2}}.</ref> (1763-1948, Sandhu)
*[[Kaithal State]]<ref>Low, D. A. (1991). [https://books.google.com/books?id=VaeuCwAAQBAJ&dq=kaithal+sidhu+jat+chief&pg=PA35#v=onepage&q=kaithal%20sidhu%20jat%20chief&f=false Political Inheritance of Pakistan] (illustrated ed.). Springer. p. 35. {{ISBN|9781349115563}}. ''"Other Sidhu Jat families established the state of Faridkot, the jagirs of Kaithal and Arnauli, and a host of lesser fiefs."''</ref> (1767-1843, Sidhu)
* [[Ladwa State]]<ref>{{Cite book |last=Gandhi |first=Surjit Singh |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZxxuAAAAMAAJ&q=ladwa |title=Struggle of the Sikhs for Sovereignty |date=1980 |publisher=Gur Das Kapur |language=en |page=365}}</ref> (1763-1846, Sandhawalia)
*[[Sikh Empire]]<ref>{{Cite book |last=Gill |first=Surjit S. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=S9RuAAAAMAAJ&q=curiosity+Jat |title=Sikhs in Sabah and Labuan: A Historical Perspective |date=2003 |publisher=Labuan Sikh Society |language=en}}</ref><ref>Arora, A. C. (1984). "Ranjit Singh's Relations with the Jind State". In Singh, Fauja; Arora, A. C. (eds.). [https://books.google.com/books?id=nDluAAAAMAAJ Maharaja Ranjit Singh: Politics, Society, and Economy]. [[Punjabi University]]. p. [[iarchive:maharajaranjitsi0000unse/page/86/mode/2up|86]]. {{ISBN|978-81-7380-772-5}}. [[OCLC]] [https://search.worldcat.org/title/557676461 557676461]. "Even before the birth of Ranjit Singh, cordial relations had been established between the Sukarchakia Misal and the Phulkian House of Jind. ... the two Sikh Jat chiefships had cultivated intimate relationship with each other by means of a matrimonial alliance. Maha Singh, the son of the founder of Sukarchakia Misal, Charat Singh, was married to Raj Kaur, the daughter of the founder of the Jind State, Gajpat Singh. The marriage was celebrated in 1774 at Badrukhan, then capital of Jind1, with pomp and grandeur worthy of the two chiefships. ... Ranjit Singh was the offspring of this wedlock."</ref> (1799-1849, Sandhawalia)
*[[Bahawalpur State]]<ref>{{Cite book |last=Gilmartin |first=David |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GfXLDwAAQBAJ&dq=daudpotra+bahawalpur&pg=PA22 |title=Blood and Water: The Indus River Basin in Modern History |date=2020-04-14 |publisher=University of California Press |isbn=978-0-520-35553-8 |pages=22 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |chapter=The Rise of Islam in the Indus Borderlands|last=Wink |first=André |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=otBJEQAAQBAJ |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> (1748-1955, Daudpotra)
*[[Ballabgarh (jagir)|Ballabgarh estate]]<ref>{{Cite book |last=Kolff |first=Dirk H. A. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9955DwAAQBAJ |title=Grass in their Mouths: The Upper Doab of India under the Company's Magna Charta, 1793-1830 |date=2010-08-13 |publisher=BRILL |isbn=978-90-04-18802-0 |pages=162 |language=en|quote=the jagir of the Ballabgarh raja, a Jat of the Tevatiya got, or clan.}}</ref> (1705-1858, Tewatia)
* Unchagaon estate <ref>[https://google/OPveU9WYlkRL8rMd4 Unchagaon Jat Chiefs Website ] www.jatchiefs.com official website 2025 (History).</ref> <ref name=Bates2013>{{cite book |last1=Bates |first1=Crispin |title=Mutiny at the Margins: New Perspectives on the Indian Uprising of 1857: Volume I: Anticipations and Experiences in the Locality |date=2013 |publisher=SAGE Publishing India |isbn=978-81-321-1589-2 |page=130 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-xZBDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT130|language=en}}</ref>(18th-century to 1947, Pilania)

== See also ==
* [[Jat Sikh]]
* [[Jat Muslim]]
**[[Zutt]]
* [[List of Jats]]

== References ==
{{reflist}}

==Further reading==
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*{{cite book|title=Rajasthan [district Gazetteers].: Bharatpur|publisher=Printed at Government Central Press|year=1962|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TXNFtQEACAAJ}}
*{{cite book|title=Rajasthan [district Gazetteers].: Dholpur|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=15EMAQAAMAAJ|publisher=Printed at Government Central Press|year=2005}}
*{{cite book|title=Punjab District Gazetteers: Phulkian states. Patiala Jind and Nabha|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_cJFAQAAIAAJ|publisher=Superintendent, Government Printing|year=1909}}
*{{cite book|title=Punjab District Gazetteers: Kalsia State|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ztFFAQAAIAAJ|publisher=Superintendent, Government Printing|year=1935}}
{{refend}}

==External links==
*[https://www.worldstatesmen.org/India_princes_A-J.html Princely States of India A-J] at ''WorldStatesmen''
*[https://www.worldstatesmen.org/India_princes_K-W.html Princely States of India K-Z] at ''WorldStatesmen''

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