Chigta

Chaitha (चैथा) or Chigta (चिग्टा) is gotra found among the Jats and the Pathans.

Origin

Gotra is based on territory in Turkistan, named Chugta (or Suktaiya).

Jat Gotras Namesake

• Chaitha (Jat clan) = Chaithurgarh = Lafagarh. Lafagarh is an ancient fort located in Pali tahsil of Korba district in Chhattisgarh.

History

Ram Swarup Joon writes about Chigta or Chaitha: This gotra is found among the Jats and the Pathans. There is a territory in Turkistan, named Chugta (or Suktaiya). The inhabitants of this territory are Jats. They invaded India through Kabul and conquered Gujranwala and settled there.

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James Tod writes that in A.D. 1397, whenTimoor invaded India, Bhatner was attacked for " having distressed him exceedingly on his invasion of Multan," when he " in person

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[p.188]: " scoured the country, and cut off a tribe of banditti called Jats." In short, the Bhattis and Jats were so intermingled, that distinction was impossible. ....

It was shortly after Timoor's invasion, that a colony of Bhattis migrated from Marote and Phoolra, under their leader Bersi and assaulted and captured Bhatner from a Mahomedan chief ; but whether one of Timoor's officers, or a dependent of Dehli, remains unknown though most probably the former. His name, Chigat Khan, almost renders this certain, and they must have made a proper name out of his tribe, Chagitai, of which he was a noble. This khan had conquered Bhatner from the Jats, and had acquired a considerable territory, which the Bhatti colony took advantage of his return to invade and conquer. Sixteen generations have intervened since this event, which bringing it to the period of Timoor's invasion furnishes an additional reason for concluding the khan of Bhatner to have been one of his nobles, whom he may have left entrusted with this important point of communication, should he meditate further intercourse with India.

Bersi ruled twenty-seven years, and was succeeded by his son Bhiroo, when the sons of Chigat Khan, obtaining aid from the Dehli monarch, invaded Bhatner, and were twice repulsed with great loss. A third army succeeded; Bhatner was invested and reduced to great straits, when Bhiroo hung out a flag of truce, and offered to accept any conditions which would not compromise his castle. Two were named : — to embrace Islamism, or seal his sincerity by giving his daughter to the king. He accepted the first alternative, and from that day, in order to distinguish these proselytes, they changed the name of Bhatti to Bhutti.

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