Sidhu Barar

Sidhu Barar (सिधू बराड़) or Siddhu Barar (सिद्धू बराड़) is a very ancient gotra found in Haryana, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab and Pakistan.

Origin

The ancestor of this gotra was Siddhu Barar. The gotra was named after him and came to be known as Siddhu.

H.A. Rose writes that Bhati , a tribe of Hindus, chiefly interesting as being the ancestors of the Bhattis and the Sidhu Barar Jats, as the following table shows : —

• Bhati, Brother of Sunrija → Jaisal → Hindu Bhatis.

• Bhati, Brother of Sunrija → Dusal → Junhar or Jaunra → Batera → Sidhu Barar Jats.

• Bhati, Brother of Sunrija → Dusal → Junhar or Jaunra → Achal → Barsi + Rajpal

• Barsi → Bhattis.

• Rajpal → Wattus.

[Fagan—Hissar Gazetteer, pp. 124, 127—129.]

History

Ram Swarup Joon writes that Siddhu is a very ancient gotra. The ancestor of this gotra was Siddhu Barar. The gotra was named after him and came to be known as Siddhu.

Among his descendants Phul was a fortunate one, as his five sons founded five kingdoms. All of them together are called Phulkiyan states including Nabha, Patiala, Jind, Malot and Kapurthala. They call themselves Rajputs, but they do not know that the Bhatti Rajputs are just a branch of the Madrak Jat gotra.

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Villages founded by Sidhu Barar clan

• Janra - village in Fatehgarh Jaisalmer Tahsil of Jaisalmer district in Rajasthan was founded by Janra, an ancestor of Sidhu Barar Jats.

See also

• Siddhu
• Barar

References

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