History of Origin of Some Clans in India/Jat From Jutland/Jat strongholds at Bokhara, Khojend and Karshi
History of Origin of Some Clans in India
(with special Reference to Jats)
By Mangal Sen Jindal (1992)
Publisher - Sarup & Sons, 4378/4B, Ansari Road, Darya Ganj, New Delhi-110002, ISBN 81-85431-08-6
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Chapter 1: Jat From Jutland
Jat strongholds at Bokhara, Khojend and Karshi
"Things are worse than ever-he (Zain-ad-din) Said. Even I the chief Mollah have to live in hiding where you found me. It is the same in Bokhara and Khojend and Karshi-everywhere. There is not a single Tatar prince to lead us. You are the only Amir who dared near the Jat strongholds ..... Zain-ad-din studied me shrewdly. I had once accepted Allah's mantle-I wanted to wear it no more. Pray on a scourage on the Jats, I said seriously and then in a moment of inspiration I added seriously; Pray for a scourage on their horses. Without horses, the Jats are powerless." Conquests of Tamerlane, page 125.
"So I stayed on at Kumrud with Dilshad and Jahangir and old Saif-ad-din. The winter passed quickly. In the spring all
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the Jats horses staggered and died; and the plain simple people -the Faithful-rose up in arms, without Amirs to lead them and drove out their enemies. Outcasts grew rich by looting and pillaging while the brave citizens fought the Jats in the streets. I still made no move, while chaos reigned and the Mongol barbarians trudged north of foot." Conquests of Tamerlane, page 130.
"So it was that I skirted the boundaries of Hussayn's empire. subduing the Badakshani raiders on the glacier trails of Pamirs, destroying Persian-chieftains on the desert sands south of the Amu Darya, and ultimately driving the Jats across the steppes and out of the mountains."- Conquests of Tamer-lane, page 152.
"For a week I ran into nothing more formidable than the temporary auls (villages) of the Jat nomads-battle clusters of gray felt yurts which disappeared overnight. Then I encountered an occasional patrol, none of which offered battle. Then I camped on sites which showed signs of having been recently occupied by an entire army-but one smaller than my own and by the time I reached Lake Balkhas, it was apparent that Kamarad-din was retreating before me, either to make a stand at Almalyk (now Alma-Alta) or to try to lure me into the Gobi Desert and hold me until winter set in." Conquests of Tamer-lane, page 232.
"After three days of sporadic fighting I forced the Jat Khan to mak a stand, and defeated him completely. Since I needed his animals and supplies and did not have the facilities for transporting prisoners, I took no captives except a few hundred of the best women and put the rest of the Jats to death." Conquests of Tamerlane, page 232.