Bhatti

The Bhatti (Urdu: بھٹی, romanized: Bhaṭṭī) are a Muslim tribal confederacy in South Asia.

History

The Bhatti tribe are first mentioned in the 14th-century Tarikh-i-Firoz Shahi by Shams Siraj Afif. (Ibbetson, Maclagan pg 101). The text records that the jungles attached to Abohar belonged to the Bhatti and Mina tribes during the reign of Alauddin Khalji.

In 1527, the Mughal rebel Kamran Mirza is said to have taken horses and wealth from Bhattis and Khokhars.

In the past, this tribe was quite famous. The Bhaati Gate in Lahore is named after them. A famous Folk hero from this tribe was Dulla Bhatti.[1]

References
  1. HA Rose 'A Glossary of the Tribes and castes of the Punjab and North-West Frontier' Lahore;Punjab Government Press, 1911
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