Jat Sikh or Jatt Sikh (Gurmukhi: ਜੱਟ ਸਿੱਖ) is an ethnoreligious group, a subgroup of the Jat people whose traditional religion is Sikhism, originating from the Indian subcontinent. They are one of the dominant communities in Punjab, India, owing to their large land holdings. [2] .

Jat Muslims or Musalman Jats (Punjabi: جٹ مسلمان; Sindhi: مسلمان جاٽ), also spelled Jatt or Jutt (Punjabi pronunciation: [d͡ʒəʈːᵊ]), are an elastic and diverse [1] ethnoreligious subgroup of the Jat people, who follow Islam and are native to the northwestern Indian subcontinent. [2]

Jul 6, 2020 · Jatt settlers migrated up along the river valleys, into the Punjab, which had not been cultivated in the first millennium. Many took up tilling in regions such as Western Punjab and the term "Jatt" had become loosely synonymous with "peasant" or "farmer".

Jan 31, 2025 · Some scholars propose that the Jats are likely Indo-Scythian descendants who entered Punjab from their homeland near the Oxus River. They are thought to have possibly followed an earlier migration of the Meds, also Indo-Scythians, who had already moved into the Punjab around 100 BCE.

Jat communities also exist in Pakistani-administered Kashmir, in Sindh, particularly the Indus delta and among Seraiki-speaking communities in southern Pakistani Punjab, the Kachhi region of Balochistan and the Dera Ismail Khan District of the North West Frontier Province.

Feb 28, 2022 · In central Punjab, particularly in Hoshiarpur and Jullundur districts, several reasons can be assigned for the conversion of Hindu Jats to Sikhism. The foremost of these is the intensive campaign of religious preaching (parchar), carried out by …

Jan 13, 2021 · Originally pastoralists in the lower Indus river-valley of Sindh, Jats migrated north into the Punjab region in late medieval times, and subsequently into the Delhi Territory, northeastern...

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May 5, 2014 · Punjabi Jats. The large central region, stretching from Ghaghar river in the east to the Jhelum in the west was home to the Punjabi Jats. This region is also home to the Sikh Jats, with which the Muslim Punjabi Jats shared culture and traditions. Larger clans such as the Sandhu, Sidhu, Dhillon and Gill were also common among the Sikh Jats.

Feb 28, 2022 · As a community, Jats in neighbouring states of Punjab remain on their own and only caste identity works for them. When Jats versus others polarisation took place in Haryana, caste was the only ...