Daudpota

Daudpota (Urdu: داود پوتا )is the name of a Sindhi tribe in Sindh, Pakistan.

History

The Daudpota (Urdu: داود پوتا ) Abbasi's are Arabic origin and descent from Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib (566 – 662) (Urdu: العباس بن عبد المطلب), (c. 566 653), a paternal uncle and Sahabi (companion) of Muhammad as well as a progenitor of the Abbasi Khalifa of Baghdad and Qahira. Sultan Ahmad II, son of Shah Muzammil of Egypt left that country and arrived in Sind with a large following of Arabs ca. 1370. He married a daughter of Raja Rai Dhorang Sahta, receiving a third of the country I dowry. Amir Fathu'llah Khan Abbasi, is the recognized ancestor of the dynasty. He conquered the bhangar territory from Raja Dallu, of Alor and Bhamanabad, renaming it Qahir Bela. Amir Muhammad Chani Khan Abbasi entered the imperial service and gained appointment as a Panchhazari in 1583. At his death, the leadership of the tribe was contested between two branches of the family, the Daudpota's and the Kalhoras. Amir Bahadur Khan Abbasi abandoned Tarai and settled near Bhakkar, founding the town of Shikarpur in 1690. Daud Khan, the first of his family to rule Bahawalpur, originated from Scind where he had opposed the Afghan Governor of that province and was forced to flee. The Nawab entered into Treaty relations with the HEIC, 22nd February 1833. The state acceded to the Dominion of Pakistan on 7th October 1947 and was merged into the state of West Pakistan on 14th October 1955. The exodus of the Abbasides nobles of Egypt to India had started in the reign of Muhammad Taughlak_bin_Ghiasuddin. This Taughlak emperor of India recognised the Abbassides Caliph, Abdul Abbas_Al_Hakim in Egypt and eccepted his spiritual leader shiop. He even got the name of the caliph inscribed on the Indian coinage of his reign. In 1366 A.D Amir Sultan Ahmed 11, Abbasi, fiftieth direct descendant from Abdul Qasim Ahmed (the first Abbasid Caliph ruled in Egypt ) migrated to India with his family and a few hundred of followers entered into South through Balochistan and settled down in Sindh. Those Arabs who had already settled in Sindh rallied round the Amir. In the course of time the Amir"s fami;ly gradually moved north-ward losing much of the ruler of Jaisdalmir. In 1540, Duddees,a well known trib,e rose to considerable power in the eastern part of Bahawalpur.

Distinguished Daudpotas

• Umar Bin Muhammad Daudpota, Historian
• Azim Daudpota, Air Marshal of Pakistan Air Force and Ex Governor of Sindh

Abbasi Tribes

• Kalhora
• Sindh

Clans

• Mubarkani
• Haibteyani
• Bakhrani
• Belani
• Ferozani

External links

• Tree
• Urdu History
• Nawab Daudpota

References

• History of Daudpota By "Altaf Daudpoto" (Urdu: الطاف حسین داؤد پوٹو)