Even if the non-Muslim slaves subsequently convert to Islam they remain slaves unless manumitted by the Muslim master. Many theories are attributed to the origin of Jats but the most common view is that they are probably one of the late  immigrants to the subcontinent who gradually got integrated into the  lower echelons of Hindu society. lands of non-Muslims or the Kafirs. J. R. Willis). Note that Sahajdhari Sikhs are the Sikhs who have not formally received Sikh baptism but who have complete faith in Sikhism. The reasons for this are many but the chief ones were that they were not particularly observant in a religious sense and were engaged in 'reprobate' practices such as Karewa (levirate marriage) and adelphic polyandry . Sikhism respectfully disagrees with the Hindu practice of caste system. Since all Sikh Gurus were from Khatri caste, some Khatris tend to claim superiority in Sikhdom on this basis  but this perception of superiority is not acknowledged by Jat and other rural landowning  castes like Mahton, Kamboh, etc  who address Khatri   as "Kirar"  or  "Bhapa", or sometimes even as a "Baniya",   in rural areas where Khatri typically does not enjoy much influence beyond the portal  of his grocery, cloth or trinket  shop . In Pakistan Ranghars ,  Pathans and other upper caste Muslims  use the word Jat in somewhat  derogotary way and do not regard Muslim Jat as their equal. If, then, it is at all necessary to connect the Khatris with the ancient fourfold system of castes, the only group to which we can affiliate them is the Vaisyas" William Hunter gave similar opinion in The Imperial Gazetter. Some scholars say that trans-Atlantic slave traders bought their Black slaves from well-established Muslim slave traders in Africa . Why do some Sikhs believe in Caste? In fact, the term Indian Christian became a byword for a low caste convert and ended up as just another stratified caste category with a different name. Farmer's son MUST ONLY be Farmer if Caste System has to be maintained. The order of castes given below should not be mistaken for a hierarchy as they have been randomly mentioned one before the other. Besides the above there are other minor Sikh castes which are  primarily artisans. In the earlier Hindu society , the titles of Singh and Kaur or Kanwar were only meant to be used by Rajputs or Kshatriyas. English ethnographer Sir Herbert Hope Risley also denied the possibility of the link of Khatris with Kshatriyas. Some prominent castes among Sikhs are Arora, Khatri, Ramgarhia, Jat, Saini, Kamboh, Mahton, Chhimba, Mohyal , Chamar, etc. Another caste within Sikhs worth mentioning is that of, Among the Dalit caste groups prominent ones. Following Sikh castes are essentially agricultural and landowning castes : Jat, Kamboh, Mahton and Saini . Some say that they are the descendants of Shudra fathers and Kshatriya mothers. Suniyaras or goldsmiths call themselves Mair Rajputs. Some say that Guru Gobind Singh did not abolish caste system within Sikhs but merely implied equality of all castes. For this reason , Mazhbi Sikh brethren are extended reservation as scheduled caste . Guru Nanak's father Mahta Kalu was also  a shopkeeper and he tried his best to make his son follow his caste profession of  shopkeeping. Central Sahara and the Sudan: the contribution of slavery. Intermarriage between Bhatias and Aroras is not  uncommon . Later the Singh Sabha movement was also engaged in a prolonged ideological battle with the Arya Samaj of Swami Dayanand over various issues, but both reformist bodies were in complete agreement in their view that caste should not survive in Indian society in any form whatsoever. Khatri Sikhs were sometimes recruited when they happened to have taken up farming and sometimes because of their knowledge of Pashto, which came in handy to British to deal with the unruly Pathans. And finally, as a Brahman the same Sikh - who has simultaneously all varnas in his being- is to recite Sri Guru Granth Sahib and also play the priestly role whenever needed. Sadasivan cites a version of the popular fable regarding the origin of Khatris  which is closer to the latter view, that is , Khatris are a caste born of the union of Kshatriya mothers and Shudra fathers. The Making of the Sikh Rehitnamas , The Sikh Code of Conduct, Dr. Sukhbir Singh Kapur and Mohinder Kaur Kapoor, Hemkunt Publishers (P) Ltd. , New Delhi. Don't do this in initial five years of marriage! UNTOUCHABILITY, a feature of the caste system prevalent in Hindu society since time immemorial, reduces certain classes and castes to a very low level in the social scale.The caste system, the origins of which can be traced to the Purusa Sukta, hymn 90, of the tenth book of the Rgveda, had, by the time of the Epics, become an inalienable part of the Varnasrama Dharma of the Aryans. According to English observers of 19th century Punjabi social order, "they stand distinctly below the Khatri and perhaps below Arora, and are for most part engaged in petty shop-keeping, though the Bhatias of Dera Ismail Khan are described as belonging to a "widely spread and enterprising mercantile community.". In certain cases they have separate pews in churches and different burial grounds then those of lower caste Christians. They are primarily expert carpenters and blacksmiths. The roots of Islamic caste system in India can be traced to the 14th century decree called "Fatwa-i-Jahandari" of Ziauddin Barani who was the official cleric of the Tughlaqs. These people cite the example from Gurus' own family as an example for this. Caste is still an identity that is carried by Indians from a variety of religious traditions regardless of their religious doctrine including Hindus, Muslims, Christians, Jains and Sikhs. It is no surprise they are enlisted among Other Backward Castes (OBC) in many other states like  Gujrat, Tamil Nadu, etc. Sikhism instructs to consider all humans equal, regardless of their class, color, race, gender or religion. But Guru Nanak rejected his tutoring and became a man of spirit. But this has not happened and caste remains a factor that cannot be ignored in this reformist religion. The Sikh Nation recognizes the equality of all human beings; and it rejects the concepts of idolatry, ritualism, caste system and asceticism. If that were the case , they point out, even Mazhbi Sikh castes could claim superiority over others because many of the Bhagats like Ravidas, Namdev, Kabir, etc were from service and artisan castes. Similarly, Kamboh lead in a number of villages near  Sunam, Philaur , Kapurthala and Nakodar. Sikhs number about 30 million worldwide and approximately 83% of them live in India. The evolution of the Sikh community proceeded through a complex dynamics of interaction between the religious principles, the tribal cultural patterns of the dominant caste of Jats and their power interests. Please note that although the word Khatri appears to be a vernacular form of Sanskrit Kshatriya, the caste is exclusively composed of cloth merchants,  grocers, perfume sellers (or "Gandhis") and traders . Saracens were the Muslims of the time but these bulls were extended by interpretation to include all the Black people or people of colour who were , through theological insinuations, labelled as descendants of the Biblical Cain. Since all Sikh Gurus were from Khatri caste, some Khatris tend to claim superiority in Sikhdom on this basis but this perception of superiority is not acknowledged by Jat and other rural landowning castes like Mahton, Kamboh, etc who address Khatri as "Kirar" or "Bhapa", or sometimes even as a "Baniya", in rural areas where Khatri typically does not enjoy much influence beyond the portal of his grocery, cloth or trinket shop . The reasons for such petty arguments  about each others relative social  status are unfortunate and are to be seen in the backdrop of colonial era, when the trading castes like Khatri and Baniya  were preceived to be  usurers and exploiters of the misery of indebted farmers from these landowning and agricultural castes . Lewis Rice offered a similar view about the Khatri caste in various regions of India. This not only prevents social intercourse but also encourages fatalism. In addition, Mazhbi Sikhs were also recruited in good numbers but were generally denied roles in cavalry because of caste discrimination practiced and promoted by British. The mercantile element of this community, which almost entirely constitutes its core identity, was denied access to army. They are found all over Punjab and are a majority population in almost every district. In their opinion Sikh Gurus were above caste and cannot be thus claimed by any particular group. Faithful Sikhs do not practice caste discrimination but this is not to say that all Sikhs necessarily act in accordance to their faith. He visited Bhai Lalo an ‘out-caste’, and both had their meals together, giving a shocking surprise to the village-folk. Sainis have their stronghold in Hoshiarpur , Gurdaspur and Ropar districts where they hold and dominate significant number of villages. All of the Sikh Gurus were born in Khatri caste. Upper caste Hindu converts such as Rajputs and Brahmins maintained their caste identities even after adopting Islam. Dignity of labour is the cornerstone of Sikh faith and maryada. One thing we can be certain about is that Guru Gobind Singh had abolished all caste inequality with the inception of Khalsa on 13 April, 1699 and with the institution of Khanday-Ki-Pahul or the Baptism of Sword. 97–105 ,SOAS. Many of Gurus' close comrades like Bhai Chaupa Singh, Bhai Prahlad Singh Bhai Mati Das and Bhai Sati Das came from this caste. Being connected with commerce and trading, their literacy rate is among the highest in Punjab and they were also the earliest beneficiaries of colonial education system being located in urban areas. Their houses are generally located on the outskirts of the villages. Their exceptional skill in these trades have earned them a good reputation as machinists. A community kitchen run by the Sikhs to provide free meals irrespective of caste, faith or religion, in the Golden Temple, in Punjab, India. Pathans, according to Barstow, could treat Khatris like personal property , much like the medieval lords in Europe who treated their Jews like chattels. Any layperson or author giving a clearly ordered Sikh caste hierarchy is himself mistaken or is purposefully misleading others. He wrote , "In Afghanistan, among a rough alien people, the Khatris are, as a rule, confined to the position of humble dealers, shopkeepers and moneylenders; but in that capacity the Pathans seem to look on them as a kind of valuable animal and a Pathan will steal another man's Khatri not only for the sake of ransom, as is sometimes done in Peshawar and the Hazara frontier, but also as he might steal a milch-cow, or Jews might, I dare say, be carried off in the middle ages with a view to render them profitable.". House, 1987, Glossary of the Tribes and Castes of the Punjab and North West Frontier Province, p 90, 91, A. Rose, Ibbetson , Maclagan, Asian Educational Services, 1996, Of clowns and gods, Brahmans, and babus: humour in South Asian literature, p 179 , Christina Oesterheld, Claus Peter Zoller, Manohar Publishers & Distributors, 1999, Incredible story of social justice in India, p 47, L. M. Khanna, Aravali Books International, 2002, Hindu castes and sects: an exposition of the origin of the Hindu caste system and the bearing of the sects towards each other and towards other religious systems, Jogendra Nath Bhattacharya, p 138, Thacker, Spink, 1896, The A to Z of Sikhism, W. H. McLeod, p 36, Scarecrow Press, Jul 24, 2009, The imperial gazetteer of India , W.W. Hunter , Vol. Chhimbas are tailors (darzi) and printers (chhipa) who had assumed the title of Tonk Kshatriyas in the colonial era. Sansis have been denotified since Indian independence and have been rehabilitated, at least in the government records. These female slaves are described as "right hand possessions" in Quran. So the view popularized in colonial era , and a view espoused by the Marxist historians who seized the historical narrative since then, that conversions to Islam, and later to Christianity, happened because of the desire of the low caste Indian natives to escape discrimination is inter alia not fully informed by actual sociological evidence on the ground. It is also not true that Islam learnt practices of social inequality only in India due to local influence. Sikhism does not differentiate on the basis of caste. Virks also used to steal cattle but they used to fully protect the cattle of their guests.". Pub. Rajputs , the bonafide Hindu Kshatriya caste,  disown all connection with them and treat them same as one of the Baniya castes. Each caste has its sphere of influence and specialization. In recent times Sardar Buta Singh is a well-known Mazhbi Sikh politician. Summery: The factors responsible for caste system to reappear in Sikh society : Guru Granth Sahib being kept wrapped up in Ramalas and keeping it away from Sikh sangat. Bhatias claim origin from Bhati Rajputs who had taken to shopkeeping. Quranic verses such as 33:25-26, 23: 31, 24:58 and 4:92 appear to reveal slavery as an accepted practice in Islam . The “founder” of Sikhism (though more of a missionary), Guru Nanak (who was also the first guru), was born in 1470 and belonged to the Kshatriya (the warrior caste of the varna). However, there is no data for specific number of Guru Nanak ji followers but they have been estimated to be about 140 million in India, and of the order of 150 million in the world. Each Sikh is to take pride in doing service or seva . Khatri Sikhs were sometimes recruited  when they happened to have taken up farming and sometimes because of their knowledge of Pashto,  which came in handy to British to deal with the unruly Pathans. The Gurus shunned and condemned the caste system, caste ideology, and the social system based upon it, and sought to establish Sikhi outside the caste society. Ravidassia Sikhs in the UK protested against the killing and against what they regarded as caste discrimination.7 This is why I have chosen to focus on caste divisions which exist within the Sikh community in this paper. In The Cambridge History of Africa, Vol. New Jersey: Totowa, pp. Career And Business Predictions for 2021 As Per Your Zodiac Sign, Love Life Predictions for 2021 As Per Your Zodiac Sign. Everyone is considered equal in Sikhism. Conversion to Islam was the only way out of slavery for these defeated Rajputs who had initially put up brave resistance for few hundred years. Among the other rural landowning castes among Sikhs, prominent ones  are. This is hardly different from separate White and Black Churches in many parts of USA , although no Church openly admits to discrimination. Khatris are a forward caste in Punjab but as we have seen that neither their social standing nor their occupations are uniform across the country. According to the 2001 Census, there are approximately 336,000 Sikhs Information about your use of this site is shared with Google. Guru Gobind Singh said "recognise all humanity as one caste". Bhagat Ravidas belonged to Chamar caste but is accorded highest respect in Sikhism with his poetry being included in Sri Guru Granth Sahib. Sadasivan cites a version of the popular fable regarding the origin of Khatris which is closer to the latter view, that is , Khatris are a caste born of the union of Kshatriya mothers and Shudra fathers. Manu Smriti gives the name of a caste of this composition as "Kshaatri" instead of "Kshatriya". 2021 is going to be lucky for these three zodiac signs! Who made it? The Word is the heroic bravery for the Kshatriya; the Word is the service to others for the Shudra. It is not a Sikh caste with significant numbers but they have produced one of the greatest Sikh personalities, i.e Maharaja Ranjit Singh. If that were the case , they point out, even Mazhbi  Sikh castes could claim  superiority over others because many of the Bhagats like Ravidas, Namdev, Kabir, etc were  from service and artisan castes. These women were meant to be sold in the slave markets of Dar al Islam areas of Central Asia. This not only prevents social intercourse but also encourages fatalism. The status of Jat outside Punjab is somewhat  low  and some scholars say that they were actually considered  Shudra caste  until very recently. They are found all over Punjab and are the majority population in almost every district. The rejection of caste in Sikhism is not only social oriented but it had economic implications also. According to accepted scholarship, Islam regards areas ruled by Muslims as Dar al Islam and it canonically obligates Muslims to conquer and subjugate inhabitants of Dar al Harb , i.e. Jats are the biggest group in terms of numbers among Sikh castes. The ramifications of these Papal Bulls were felt until 1960s when many of the Americans Churches were still not fully desegregated and actively practiced discrimination against Christians of darker colour. THE SIKH NATION, Based on the belief in One God. Sikhism ridicules caste system . According to McLeod, the present day Ramgarhias are a caste formed by merging of Nais (barbers), Raj (blacksmiths) and Tarkhans (carpenters). What is the Caste system anyway? Some speculate that the word Khatri is derived from the word "Khata" . Guru Stories:Belittling the Caste-System All About Sikhs: Guru Sakhis. In addition to their own sections, they have also the standard Brahmanical gotras ; but these have no influence upon marriage, and have clearly been borrowed, honoris ctium [sic], from the Saraswat Brahmans who serve them as priests. The status of Jat outside Punjab is somewhat low and some scholars say that they were actually considered Shudra caste until very recently. This view is also textually reinforced by the fact that all historical Rehitnamas (Sikh codes of conduct)- especially , those attributed to Chaupa Singh, Prahlad Singh and Desa Singh- implicitly accept caste system as valid in Sikhism , though strictly of the nature described above. Sikh – One who is living Totally and in Totality. All baptized Sikh men use Singh and Sikh women use Kaur with their names. 1970. "The Word is the Yoga, the Word is the spiritual wisdom; the Word is the Vedas for the Brahmin. But it does not mean that the Shudra, Vaishya and Brahman aspects of his personality were to be devalued. Brahmin converts to Islam generally styled themselves as Shaikhs. In many other Indian regions like Mysore and Gujrat the term Khatri is synonymous with the caste of weavers or Julahas and sometimes also with the caste of tailors or Darzi. Generally, this debate has been shaped by two broad lines of argument. Labana is another Sikh caste. Another writer of English era added that 'the 'Khatris are traders in Punjab, and silk-weavers, when we find them in Bombay.' Thus Black Africans became a fair game for abduction and enslavement by the White Europeans who were supposedly the representatives of noble Abel. All rights reserved, WISE LESSONS FROM THE UNIVERSE DURING TOUGH TIMES/PANDEMIC, Five Great Vows or Maha Vratas of Jainism: Six-word micro-poems, All Indians are my brothers and sisters–Cast Off Casteism, CASTE SYSTEM - A DIRTY POLITICS OF RESERVATION. Many of Gurus' close comrades like Chaupa Singh, Bhai Mati Das and Bhai Sati Das came from this caste. Nanak is the slave of the Immaculate Divine." It could be that Arora caste which came under patronage of Pathans and Khokhars in NWFP and upper western Punjab as their accountants came to be called "Khatri" because of maintaining "Khatas" or accounting books of their patrons. A clear sign of this state of affairs to have existed was the complete absence of historical Hindu temples in Punjab which were demolished during Mughal rule. Sikha Caste Systems - different caste and subastes system in sikh. Another writer of English era added that 'the 'Khatris are traders in Punjab, and silk-weavers, when we find them in Bombay.' Caste System, an evil that Guru Nanak was strictly against, and dispelled people’s ignorance about it by saying “Manas ki jaat sabh ekay pehchaanbo” seems to have been finding its stronghold in Punjab where the Sikh community is clearly divided into a set of castes which are stratified in a way that taking birth in one case is considered to be a blessing while taking birth in another is considered to be … Among these three Mahton and Saini are of Rajput origin, while Kamboh claim origin from Kambojas mentioned in Mahabharata. Mohyals are one of the Brahmin groups of Punjab who in earlier era also used to be Sikhs in good numbers. Khatris and Aroras are equivalent of Baniyas found elsewhere in India. Out of these Jats were the largest in numbers which only reflected their numerical majority in Sikh society. A small section of this caste got settled in agriculture near Raja Sansi in Amritsar district and among them was born the great Maharaja. Eminent Sikh writer Khushwant Singh also held this view but in Sikhism they have made rapid upward strides on the social scale and are now considered one of the premier Sikh castes. These Bhagats hailing from lower castes  are also  honored by Sikhs and their  writings are also included in the Sikh scripture like those of Sikh Gurus. Sikhs may claim to reject the caste system, but it’s a little more complicated than that. These practices were of course anathema and scandalous to other Hindus and Sikhs. Their large numbers ensure that they now control the politics of Punjab and most Sikh institutions. In the earlier era of Sikh history, it was not uncommon to come across the term Brahman Sikh. ". Dashrath Sharma, an eminent historian, has described this caste  as probably a "pratiloma" or  ritually inferior  mixed caste created through union of Kshatriya fathers and brahmin mothers. These lower caste Muslims also later invented the tales of foreign origin to escape discrimination from the upper caste Muslims. Islamic Caste System in Indian Sub Continent The roots of Islamic caste system in India can be traced to the 14th century decree called "Fatwa-i-Jahandari" of Ziauddin Barani who was the official cleric of the Tughlaqs. Some speculate that the word Khatri  is derived from the word  "Khata" . Two of their subcastes are Gandhi and Soni which are also occupational descriptives of perfume-sellers and goldsmiths ("Suniyaras" in Punjabi) respectively. Each caste has its sphere of influence and specialization. The word Khatri accordingly may have originated from "Kshaatri" instead of "Kshatriya". Prior to this we hadn’t really heard any association of caste with the Farmers Protest and in all honestly, we saw Sikhs united fighting for a common goal and we truly believe that if Sikhs want to continue to thrive – we must stand together in all aspects and disregard caste which only divides. Education: Academic and lack of knowledge of Guru Granth Sahib's philosophy. In West Punjab , Pakistani society also has a number of castes. As per this view each caste was to play their respective functional role but no caste was to be treated as superior or inferior to the other, and that all occupations from that of a sweeper to that of a priest were to be held in equal esteem as each caste had traditional specialization in producing goods and services that the society needed. They used to be expert shoe-makers. Guru Nanak's father Mahta Kalu was also a shopkeeper and he tried his best to make his son follow his caste profession of shopkeeping. They were considered to be akin to Banjaras or gypsies but a considerable number of them are also settled in agriculture. Mahtons hold a number of villages in Kapurthala, Jalandhar and also Hoshiarpur. Sikhs have not caste system. Followi- ng Sikh castes are essentially agricultural and landowning castes : Jat,  Kamboh, Mahton and  Saini . In the ancient India such mixed  castes such as Khatris were regarded as "'varnasankara"  and were denied the respectability extended to the well-born and ritually pure  Kshatriyas and Brahmins. As a Shudra, a Sikh is to believe in the dignity of labour. Ashrafs were the light-skinned Muslims who had come from Central Asia while the term Ajlaf was used for native converts who were generally darker skinned, and proselytized by means both fair and foul mostly from the lower Hindu castes. Jheer is essentially a service caste and not an atrisan caste like the others in the foregoing list . Despite having tried their best in persuading the Rajputs to perform their Dharma , to their dismay, the Sixth Guru and his successors found that most of the Rajputs of their time were only interested in petty fights and intrigues and had all but abdicated their responsibilities as Kshatriyas . Besides the above there are other minor Sikh castes which are primarily artisans. Pathans, according to Barstow,  could treat  Khatris like personal property ,  much like the medieval lords in Europe who treated  their Jews like chattels. In recent times Sardar Buta Singh had been a well-known Mazhbi Sikh politician. The role caste plays in the modern practice of Sikhi is an explosive topic that can inflame at really any point and create massive ideological divisions between people on various sides of the fence. In this sense it should therefore come as no surprise that Punjab High Court, Lahore, officially ruled that Jats are Shudra (ruling # 551/1936) . Thus their practice is expected to perish in coming generations of the Sikh communities with the influence of Western education and inculcation of the true Sikh values. He wrote , "In Afghanistan, among a rough alien people, the Khatris are, as a rule, confined to the position of humble dealers, shopkeepers and moneylenders; but in that capacity the Pathans seem to look on them as a kind of valuable animal and a Pathan will steal another man's Khatri not only for the sake of ransom, as is sometimes done in Peshawar and the Hazara frontier, but also as he might steal a milch-cow, or Jews might, I dare say, be carried off  in the middle ages with a veiw to render them profitable.". Aggarwal Baniyas, a reputable vaishya caste of Hindus,  also deny any link with them. Karnail Singh Panjoli, member, Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee, says that there are several communities within the term ‘ Sikh Jats enjoy a status much superior to their Hindu Jat bretheren who are officially part of the backward castes in most states. If some Sikh does not believe in the equality of all castes and treats one caste or occupation superior or inferior to the other , it is his personal failing not that of Sikhism. The Hindus rigidly adhered to the caste system which divided the community into water-tight compartments. Khatris are a forward caste in Punjab but as we have seen that neither their social standing nor their occupations are uniform across the country. Chaudhry, The Tribune, Sunday, November 21, 1999, Women and Social Reform in Modern India: A Reader , p 161, Indian University Press, 2008, Polyandry in India: demographic, economic, social, religious, and psychological concomitants of plural marriages in women, p 234, Manis Kumar Raha, Palash Chandra Coomar Gian Pub. The Caste System, in its present form, is further based solely upon birth. This caste now has no semblance of former link with Rajputs and the Hindu Bhatias were in the past considered lower than Khatris and even Aroras, who as already pointed out, are purely trading castes equivalent to Baniyas found elsewhere in the country. The Indian Sikhs inherited their practice of the caste system from old Hindu traditions. Kaka Kalelkar Commission , appointed by Government of India after independence , reached an identical conclusion in 1955 about their low varna and social status in recent past . They say that since none of the Gurus or their family members married outside the Khatri, or the trading caste, it is a proof positive that the Gurus meant to abolish inequality inherent in caste system but not necessarily the caste itself. While Bhatias mostly did not even find a mention in recruitment manuals of Royal Indian Army, the Aroras were contemptuously dismissed with comments such as the following by the likes of Barstow : "The Arora, whether Sikh or Hindu, is generally unsuited for military service, and men of this class should never be enlisted except under special circumstances.". Brahmins of Punjab were thus deprived of their traditional means of living and were driven to penury. The decree introduced a formal division of Ashraf and Ajlaf in … English ethnographer Sir Herbert Hope Risley also dismissed the possibility of the link of Khatris with Kshatriyas. 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