Sipra (clan)

Sipra
Jat clan
LocationPunjab region
Parent tribeGill Jats
LanguagePunjabi, Urdu
ReligionIslam
SurnamesSipra, Sapra, Sipru, Supra

Sipra (also known as Sapra, Sipru, Sipraw or Supra) is a Jat clan of Punjabis found in the Punjab region of Pakistan.[1]

The Sipras are a subclan of the Gill Jatts.[2]

The de-facto Sultans of Mysore, Hyder Ali and Tipu Sultan, are often argued to be of Punjabi origin,[3][4] specifically from the Sipra clan.[5]

Notable people

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References

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  1. ^ "The People (Castes & Clans) of District Jhelum". Punjab portal, Government of the Punjab website. Archived from the original on 5 April 2018. Retrieved 15 October 2024.
  2. ^ Horace Arthur Rose; Sir Denzil Ibbetson; Sir Edward Maclagan (1914). A Glossary of the Tribes and Castes of the Punjab and North-West Frontier Province Volume 3. p. 427. The Sipra appear to be a sub-division of the Gill tribe of Jats...
  3. ^ Dalrymple, William (2019). The Anarchy: The East India Company, Corporate Violence, and the Pillage of an Empire. Bloomsbury USA. p. 264. ISBN 978-1-63557-395-4. Archived from the original on 11 March 2023. Haidar, who was of Punjabi origin, had risen in the ranks of the Mysore army...
  4. ^ Gott, Richard (2022). Britain's Empire: Resistance, Repression and Revolt. Verso Books. p. 47. ISBN 978-1-83976-422-6. Archived from the original on 26 December 2023. Haidar Ali was an illiterate Punjabi who rose from the ranks of the Mysore army to become its commander.
  5. ^ Shafqat Tanveer Mirza (1991). Resistance Themes In Punjabi Literature.
  6. ^ Mirzā, Shafqat Tanvīr (1989). "Pīr o Mūrshid: Bahlūl". Shāh Ḥusain (in Urdu). Islāmābād: Lok Virs̲ah Ishāʻat Ghar. pp. 69–76. ISBN 978-969-468-001-9.
  7. ^ Special Responsibilities Assigned To Provincial Ministers, Advisors, Parliamentary Secretaries And Special Assistants For Monitoring Of Ramzan Bazaars Punjab Portal, Government of the Punjab website, Published 4 June 2016, Retrieved 16 May 2022
  8. ^ "Member Profile, Provincial Assembly of Punjab, Pakistan". Provincial Assembly of Punjab website. Archived from the original on 30 June 2018. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
  9. ^ Tahir Kamran, "The Genesis, Evolution and Impact of "Deobandi" Islam on the Punjab: An Overview" in Faith-Based Violence and Deobandi Militancy in Pakistan, Springer, 2016, p. 89