Kot, Fatehpur
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Kot, Fatehpur Kot |
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 Kot, Fatehpur
Kot, Fatehpur
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| Coordinates: 25°31′19″N 81°06′14″E / 25.521995°N 81.103821°ECoordinates: 25°31′19″N 81°06′14″E / 25.521995°N 81.103821°E | |
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 India
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| State | Uttar Pradesh |
| District | Fatehpur district |
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| • Official | Urdu, Hindi |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| Vehicle registration | UP |
Kot (2001 pop. 3,920) is a village in the southeast corner of Fatehpur district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. The village was founded by Malik Bahbal (Izzuddin Malik Babar), a general in the army of ShahabUddin Ghori (also Ghauri, Ghouri) in the 12th century. Kot has 12 smaller satellite villages. They are Kot, Minatara, Ghazipur, Manmai, Kulli, Rahmatpur, Shivpuri, Parvezpur(Parbetpur), Adhaiya, oraha, Shahnagar and Ratanpur. The people from the area refer to themselves as Kahkar or kakhar (kayani) also as Khokhars. Another community from this area is the Kshatriyas, who call themselves Chandrauls, Chandelas or Chandravashi Kshatriya (descendants of King Parikshit).
The Khokhar Khanzada tribe, originally numbering almost 100,000, has lived in Kot, Fatehpur district, for nearly 800 years. As of 2011, the population of Khokkhars living in the Kot area is estimated at about 5,000; other Khokkars are scattered around many parts of India. Most of the original population emigrated to Pakistan. Many others moved to Jabalpur, Bhopal, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Kolkata, Delhi, Visakhapatnam, Bhubneshwar, Bilaspur, Itarsi, Banda, Charkhari (Bundelkhand) and other parts of India. Some emigrated to the Middle East, Dubai, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman, the US, Canada, the UK, Germany, and other countries for economic gain. The worldwide Khokkhar population may be as high as 300,000.
Research indicates that the Kokkhars are the descendants of Uzbek Persians who, after their defeat by the Arabs in Persia, took refuge in Punjab; the army of King Babar (which was passing through the area) recruited them because of their ferocity in warfare.
Another reference indicates that the Kokkhars are a tribe of the Rajput clan (inferred due to their ruling status in the Kuh-i-Jud regions of Punjab), and have allied with other clans (such as the Janjua) in pushing back the Ghorid armies from the region.
"Ghakkar" and "Kakar" are other variations of Kokkhar. Although they are not of Chandra, Surya or Agnikula Vansh lineage, they were given the status of Rajput Pathan by the priests of their time; it was not a self-proclaimed title. This demonstrates that the Kokkhars are not Jatts, Thakurs or any other military tribe of India, and may not be an indigenous ethnic group. Many defeated royal figures with Uzbek, Persian and Pashtun origins became Lashkari (allies of passing warlords), the Kokkhars among them. They are mistakenly thought to have been in frequent conflict with the Indian Jatts, Thakurs and Rajputs; rather, they sided with the Jatts, Rajputs and Moguls against the Ghorides.
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