Mustafa Jasrat Shaikha Khokhar ( pa, ) was the chief of the

Khokhars Khokhar are a Punjabi community native to Pothohar Plateau of Pakistan, and the adjoining areas of India. Khokhars now predominantly follow Islam, though a minority continue to follow Hinduism. Many Khokhars converted to Islam from Hinduism a ...

during 1420–1442. He was a Muslim Jat ruler. He was known for founding a Khokhar Empire which consisted of the present day Indian states of

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and

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, as well as the present day Pakistani provinces of

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and

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. His campaigns also included

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Early and personal life

Jasrat Khokhar was born to Khokhar King,

Shaikha Khokhar Shaikha Khokhar obtained the throne of Khokhar tribe after the death of his brother, Nusrat Khokhar. His brother Nusrat Khokhar was the governor of Lahore and Chief of the Khokhar Tribal Confederation. Timur attacked Lahore and burned Nusrat's re ...

to Khokhar Muslim royal family. In one of his father's battles, he was captured by Timurid Army and was held prisoner in

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. However, due to his extra ordinary battle skills, he was appointed as a general in the Timurid army. For developing better relations with Timurids, he married a Timurid / Mughal Barlas princess, Sa'adat Sultan Agha who was the daughter of emperor Shah Rukh Mirza and granddaughter of

Timur Timur ; chg, ''Aqsaq Temür'', 'Timur the Lame') or as ''Sahib-i-Qiran'' ( 'Lord of the Auspicious Conjunction'), his epithet. ( chg, ''Temür'', 'Iron'; 9 April 133617–19 February 1405), later Timūr Gurkānī ( chg, ''Temür Kür ...

.Later, he left Samarkand and returned to Punjab after Timur's death.

Rise to power

After the death of his father

, Jasrat was crowned as the chief of the Khokhar royal chiefdom. The following year, a civil war erupted in Kashmir between

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and Ali Shah. Zain-ul-Abdin allied with Jasrat Khokhar and demanded for help against Ali Shah. Ali Shah was defeated and Zain-ul-Abidin retained the title of ruler of the

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. Jasrat Khokhar was then awarded the Jammu region. Another ruler, named Rai Bhim from the Jammu region also united with Ali Shah, against the Khokhars and the ruler of the

. Rai Bhim and Ali Shah were then killed in battle against Jasrat. After these remarkable victories, Jasrat then set eyes on the throne of

. He then took over

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, the same year, 1421. Later in 1431, Jasrat conquered Delhi too.

Campaigns

After securing the northern

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and parts of

, Jasrat Khokhar marched against

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in 1431. The same year he battled the Delhi Sultanate and conquered

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and parts of

. He then finally took over

in 1431. But later in September 1432, he was driven out of

by Mubarak Shah. The Sultan still lost many of his territories under the hands of Jasrat Khokhar.

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