Shaikha Khokhar
Shaikha Khokhar | |
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Chief | |
Reign | Late 14th century CE |
Predecessor | Nusrat Khokhar (brother) |
Successor | Jasrat Khokhar (son) |
Dynasty | Khokhar Rajput |
Religion | Islam |
Shaikha Khokhar was a Punjabi chieftain of the Khokhar clan of jatts in the 14th century under whose chieftainship, the Khokhar confederacy resisted the Timurid invasion of Punjab in 1398 CE. A battle ensued between the Timurid forces, led by Timur, and a smaller Khokhar force, led by tribal chiefs Shaikha and Nusrat. According to the Zafarnama by Sharaf al-Din Ali Yazdi, the larger Timurid force was victorious, Shaikha seeing the futility of the situation decided to lead a desperate cavalry charge against the Timurid forces but was slain.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ Yazdī, Sharaf al-Dīn ʻAlī (1723). "The History of Timur-Bec".